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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); dunsirei: Named for the collector, Mr Andy Dunsire, who encouraged so many people to search for subterranean fishes, as well as collecting such fish himself in isolated and hazardous regions (Ref. 82680).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
; agua dulce bentopelágico. Tropical; 18°N - 17°N
Asia: Oman.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.8 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 82680)
Short description
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
This species is characterized by the following: eyes very small and not visible in ventral view; circumpeduncular scales 12; first gill arch with 6-7 gill rakers on lower limb; breast and belly with scales reduced or absent (Ref. 111064). Also characterized by the late development of the papillar beds on the mental disc, the papillar bed being only just differentiated at 5.0 cm SL and the highly unusual shape of the neural spines below the dorsal fin (Ref. 82680).
A troglomorphic or microphthalmic hypogean fish occurring in an extremely isolated sink hole (Ref. 82680).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva
Lyon, R.G., M.F. Geiger and J. Freyhof, 2016. Garra sindhi, a new species from the Jebel Samhan Nature Reserve in Oman (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Zootaxa 4154(1):79-88. (Ref. 111064)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesquerías: sin interés
Herramientas
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Resiliencia (Ref.
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).
