| Main Ref. | Shangningam, B. and W. Vishwanath, 2015 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | elongated |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
Garra trilobata is diagnosed from other species of Garra in the Chindwin drainage by having a conspicuous and heavily tuberculated trilobed proboscis (vs. bilobed in G. bispinosa, unilobed in G. litanensis, G. rotundinasus and G. qiaojiensis, or incipient in G. elongata and G. gravelyi), fewer lateral line scales (31-32 vs. 34-37 in G. bispinosa, G. gravelyi, G. rotundinasus and G. qiaojiensis, 39-40 in G. elongata). It can be distinguished from G. litanensis by having a scaled (vs. naked) chest (Ref. 117240). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | 31 - 32 |
| Pored lateral line scales | |
| Scales in lateral series | |
| Scale rows above lateral line | 4.5 - 4.5 |
| Scale rows below lateral line | 4 - 4 |
| Scales around caudal peduncle | 14 - 14 |
| Barbels | 4 |
| Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
| Gill rakers | |
| on lower limb | |
| on upper limb | |
| total | |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | 22 - 22 |
| total | 32 - 32 |
| Attributes | no striking attributes |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 11 - 11 |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes | forked |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 8 - 8 |
| Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 13 - 13 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
| Position abdominal behind origin of D1 | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 8 - 8 |