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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); 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.

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Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical

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Asia: Myanmar

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 52314)

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 8; Vertebrae: 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.

This fish could be an aquarium fish (Fang, 2004, pers. Comm.).

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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)

Near Threatened (NT) ; Date assessed: 27 February 2010

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: of potential interest; aquarium: potential

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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).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Garra spilota Kullander & Fang, 2004