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Name
Scientific name
Garra rakhinica
Described by
Authority Kullander & Fang, Year 2004
Family
Cyprinidae
Common names
Not recorded
Photograph credits
All 1 credited
Summary
Garra rakhinica is a small cyprinid known only from its type locality, a minor stream on the western slope of the Rakhine Yoma, western Mya…
Size and aquarium
Maximum size
60mm, 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
Myanmar, Thade, Yan Khaw Chaung
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
This species is known only from its type locality, a minor stream draining in to the Bay of Bengal from the western slope of the Rakhine Yoma mountain range in…
Habitat
In March 1998 the type locality comprised a small forest river reduced to a series of interconnected remnant pools with a width of approximately 2 m and maximu…
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. rakhinica can be distinguished from other members of the genus by the following combination of characters: rostral furrow shallow and snout tip smoothly rou…
References
References
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