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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); spilota: Named with reference to the row of dark blotches along the middle of the side. Adjective with alternative endings -a, -us, um.
More on authors: Kullander & Fang.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range
Ecología
; agua dulce bentopelágico. Tropical
Asia: Myanmar
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.1 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 52314)
Short description
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Espinas dorsales (total) : 0; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 11; Espinas anales: 0; Radios blandos anales: 8; Vértebra: 24 - 26. Diagnosis: A small species of Garra with smoothly rounded snout, rostral lobe absent, proboscis absent, snout tubercles rudimentary, predorsal region, chest and abdomen scaled, two pairs of barbels, lateral line scales 30-31 (usually 31), circumpeduncular scales 16. Distinguished from other species of Garra by the color pattern, which includes a row of 6-7 dark blotches along the side. Predorsal vertebrae 8, vs. 9-10 in other species of Garra in the Rakhine Yoma.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
This fish could be an aquarium fish (Fang, 2004, pers. Comm.).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Kullander, S. and F. Fang, 2004. Seven new species of Garra (Cyprinidae: Cyprininae) from the Rakhine Yoma, southern Myanmar. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 15(3):257-278. (Ref. 52314)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesquerías: de interés potencial; Acuario: Potencial
Herramientas
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00776 (0.00354 - 0.01702), b=3.04 (2.87 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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