Interesting Facts
Description
Habitat
Ecology:
It is found in running
streams
and rivers
as well as some lakes
(e.g.
Lake Tana)[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.1 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )
- 5.5 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha) [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Order:
Cypriniformes
()
- Family:
Cyprinidae
()
- Family:
Cyprinidae
(
- Order:
Cypriniformes
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: Stiassny, M
.L.J. and A. Getahun An overview of
labeonin relationships
and the phylogenetic
placement of the Afro-Asian
genus Garra Hamiltin, 1922 (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), with the
description
of five new species of Garra from Ethiopia, and
a key
to all African species. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 150:41-83.,
2007.
[1].
Similar Species
Members of the genus Garra
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 30 species and subspecies in this genus:
G. annandalei (Annandale Garra) · G. barreimiae (Nister and Clarke) · G. bicornuta (Tunga Garra) · G. cambodgiensis (Siamese Stone Lapping Fish) · G. ceylonensis (Stone Sucker) · G. ceylonensis ceylonensis (Stone Sucker) · G. cryptonemus (Barbless Disc-Barb) · G. dembeensis (Dembea Stone Lapper) · G. ghorensis (Nilgiris Garra) · G. gotyla (Gotyla) · G. gotyla gotyla (Gotyla) · G. gotyla stenorhynchus (Nilgiris Garra) · G. gravelyi (Burmese Garra) · G. hughi (Cardamon Garra) · G. kalakadensis (Kalakad Stone Carp) · G. kempi (Kemp Garra) · G. lamta (Lamta Garra) · G. lissorhynchus (Khasi Garra) · G. mcclellandi (Cauvery Garra) · G. menoni (Silent Valley Stone Sucker) · G. mullya (Mullya Garra) · G. naganensis (Naga Garra) · G. nasuta (Khasi Garra) · G. nasutus (Khasi Garra) · G. notata (Tenasserim Garra) · G. periyarensis (Periyar Stone Sucker) · G. phillipsi (Phillips's Garra) · G. rupecula (Mishmi Garra) · G. stenorhynchus (Nilgiri Garra) · G. surendranathanii (Periyar Garra)
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Further Reading
- IUCN. 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2010.3). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 2 September 2010).
- Pan-Africa freshwater assessment references. Currently, full citations for references used in the Pan-Africa biodiversity assessments are unavailable on the Red List web site. These will be added to the site in 2011. We apologise for any inconvenience this causes.
- Stiassny, M.L.J. and A. Getahun An overview of labeonin relationships and the phylogenetic placement of the Afro-Asian genus Garra Hamiltin, 1922 (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), with the description of five new species of Garra from Ethiopia, and a key to all African species. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 150:41-83., 2007.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 31, 2012.
- Getahun, A. 2010. Garra dembecha. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 11274240
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-159874
- IUCN ID: 210594
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 684633
Footnotes
- Getahun, A. 2010. Garra dembecha. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]
