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Garra bispinosa Zhang, 2005

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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);  bispinosa: The specific name is made from the Latin bi (two) and spinosus (spiny), in allusion to a large, unicuspid, acanthoid and forwards pointed tubercles on the distal end of each lobe of the proboscis on the snout..

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Freshwater; benthopelagic. Subtropical

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Asia: Irrawaddy River basin in Yunnan, China.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 56230)

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Differs from all other congeners in Southeast Asia and China by having a conspicuous, quadrate and forwards pointed proboscis reflected downwards against the snout and anteriorly bilobed with one large, unicuspid and acanthoid tubercle on the distal end of each lobe, and a combination of the following characters: snout with a deep groove across its tip to form a transverse lobe; 34-35 lateral line scales; 16 circumpeduncular scales; a small mental disc (length 38.1-43.8% HL); an anterior position of anus (anus to anal distance 25.9-30.6% of pelvic to anal distance); a slightly pointed snout (Ref. 56230).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Zhang, E., 2005. Garra bispinosa, a new species of cyprinid fish (Teleostei: Cypriniformes) from Yunnan, Southwest China. Raffles Bull. Zool. Supplement (13):9-15. (Ref. 56230)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Vulnerable (VU) (B1ab(iii); D2); Date assessed: 16 February 2010

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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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].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00759 (0.00331 - 0.01740), b=3.05 (2.88 - 3.22), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
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).