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Garra deccanensis Jadhav, Karuthapandi, Shangningam, Jaiswal & Shankar, 2022

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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);  deccanensis: Named for the Deccan Plateau, on of the biogeographic zones of India..

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Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical

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Asia: India.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.7 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 128962)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 8; Anal soft rays: 6. This species is distinguished by the following characters: snout with a distinct short and unilobed proboscis; small to medium-sized unicuspid acanthoid tubercles on transverse lobe 15-18; lateral-line scales 31-32; predorsal scales 9-10; circumpeduncular scales 16; two black spots, one at the upper angle of the gill opening and the other behind the median posterior margin of the opercle (Ref. 128962).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Occurs in the main river channel with sluggish water current on sandy substrate with large boulders and gravel. Associated species include: Cirrhinus reba, C. cirrhosus, Devario aequipinnatus, Amblypharyngodon mola, Chanda nama, Parambassis ranga, sp., Pethia sp. (Ref. 128962).

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Jadhav, S., M. Karuthapandi, B. Shangningam, D. Jaiswal and C.S. Shankar, 2022. Garra deccanensis, a new species of labeonine fish (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from Peninsular India. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. IEF-1182:1-14. (Ref. 128962)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

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 = No PD50 data   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
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).