Garra phewakholaensis

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Garra phewakholaensis Rajbanshi & Raza, 2024

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps) > Labeoninae
Etymology: Garra: Name based on a vernacular Indian name (Hamilton, 1822:343, Ref. 1813); a fish living in mud (Ref. 128817); phewakholaensis: Name'phewakholaensis' from species type locality, Phewakhola stream.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic. Subtropical

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Asia: Nepal.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 133060)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal soft rays: 6; Vertebrae: 33. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: smoothly rounded snout tip; head moderately large and slightly depressed; lateral surface of snout without tubercles in between anterior barbel to anterior eye margin; width of mouth longer than snout length; lateral line complete with 35-36 scales; transverse scales above lateral line 4; circumpeduncular scale rows 14; predorsal scales 11, regularly arranged; chest and abdomen with deeply embedded scales; width of torus 106.3-129.0 % disc length, width 6.6-10.5 times in its length (Ref. 133060).
Cross section: oval.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

This species dwells in waters with a swift current and a hard substrate composed of large boulders, cobbles, pebbles, and minimal sand, similar to the Phewakhola stream (Ref. 133060).

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Limbu, J.H., D. Rajbanshi and M. Raza, 2024. Garra phewakholaensis, a new species of stone sucker from Nepal (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae). Species 25:e45s1731. (Ref. 133060)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈