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Etymology: Garra: Name based on a vernacular Indian name (Hamilton, 1822:343, Ref. 1813); a fish living in mud (Ref. 128817).
Eponymy: Dr Sidney Langford Hinde (1863–1930) was Medical Officer of the Interior in British East Africa and a Captain in the Congo Free State Forces, as well as a naturalist, ethnographer and collector. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Boulenger.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
Africa: Cameroon, Uganda, Kenya, and the Congo River basin (Ref. 58532).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 83893)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Eye posterior (Ref. 58532). Vent located relative far from anal fin, the vent distance 29.3-30.2% of distance between anterior end of anal and pelvic fin insertions (Ref. 58532). Predorsum, belly and chest are fully scaled (Ref. 81639).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Boulenger, G.A., 1905. On a second collection of fishes made by Mr. S.L. Hinde in the Kenya District, East Africa. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1905(1):62-64. (Ref. 83893)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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