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Name
Scientific name
Garra qiaojiensis
Described by
Authority Wu & Yao, Year 1977
Family
Cyprinidae
Common names
Not recorded
Photograph credits
All 2 credited
Summary
Garra qiaojiensis is a cyprinid known only from a handful of localities in the upper Irrawaddy (Yiluowadi Jiang) basin in Yunnan province, …
Size and aquarium
Maximum size
175mm, standard length
Aquarium size
Not recorded
Water
Water conditions
Not recorded
Hardness
Not recorded
Conductivity
Not recorded
Behaviour
Temperament
Not recorded
Social needs
A shoal or group
Community suitability
Community-safe
Where it lives
Countries, regions, rivers and lakes
China, Ayeyarwady, Hotha He, Yiluowadi
Writing
Etymology
Garra: vernacular Gangetic name for a particular species of “sand-digger,” which Francis Buchanan-Hamilton applied as a generic name for bottom-dwelling cyprin…
Distribution
Known only from a handful of localities within the upper Irrawaddy (Yiluowadi Jiang) river basin in Yunnan province, China, although it may also occur in north…
Habitat
Collected from clear, flowing mountain streams with substrates of rock and gravel.
Aquarium size
Not written yet
Maintenance
Not written yet
Water conditions
Not written yet
Diet
Not written yet
Behaviour and compatibility
Not written yet
Sexual dimorphism
Not written yet
Reproduction
Not written yet
Notes
G. qiaojiensis can be differentiated from closely-related congeners by the configuration of its proboscis, which is quadrate (1.6-1.8 times wider than long), r…
References
References
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