Garra

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Garra

Doctor fish (Garra rufa) at work

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Superclass:	Osteichthyes
Class:	Actinopterygii
Subclass:	Neopterygii
Infraclass:	Teleostei
Superorder:	Ostariophysi
Order:	Cypriniformes
Superfamily:	Cyprinioidea
Family:	Cyprinidae
Genus:	Garra

Species

93, and see text

Synonyms

Ageneiogarra Garman, 1912
Brachygramma Day, 1865
Discognathichthys Bleeker, 1860
Discognathus Heckel, 1843
Lissorhynchus Bleeker, 1860
Mayoa Day, 1870
Platycara McClelland, 1838

Garra, the garras, are a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. They are among the "log suckers", sucker-mouthed barbs commonly kept in aquaria to keep down algae. The doctor fish of Kangal (Turkey) also belongs into this genus.

[edit] Species

More than 90 species of Garra are presently accepted. Some 2-4 new species are being described every year.^[1]

The "false siamensis", Garra cambodgiensis, is easily confused with Crossocheilus siamensis.

Garra aethiopica (Pellegrin, 1927)
Garra allostoma Roberts, 1990
Garra annandalei Hora, 1921– Annandale Garra
Garra apogon (Norman, 1925)
Garra barreimiae Fowler & Steinitz, 1956
- Garra barreimiae shawkahensis Banister & Clarke, 1977
Garra bicornuta Narayan Rao, 1920 – Tunga Garra
Garra bispinosa Zhang, 2005
Garra blanfordii (Boulenger, 1901)
Garra borneensis (Vaillant, 1902)
Garra bourreti (Pellegrin, 1928)
Garra buettikeri Krupp, 1983
Garra cambodgiensis (Tirant, 1883) (= G. spinosa, G. taeniata, G. taeniatops) – Cambodian log sucker, Stonelapping minnow, False Siamese algae eater
Garra caudofasciata (Pellegrin & Chevey, 1936)
Garra ceylonensis Bleeker, 1863 – Ceylon log sucker, Stone sucker
Garra compressus Kosygin & Vishwanath, 1998
Garra congoensis Poll, 1959 – Congo log sucker
Garra cyclostomata Mai, 1978
Garra cyrano Kottelat, 2000
Garra dembecha Stiassny & Getahun, 2007
Garra dembeensis (Rüppell, 1835) (= G. giarrabensis, G. hindii, G. johnstonii, G. vinciguerrae) – Cameroon log sucker, Dembea stone lapper
Garra dunsirei Banister, 1987
Garra duobarbis Stiassny & Getahun, 2007
Garra elongata Vishwanath & Kosygin, 2000
Garra ethelwynnae Menon, 1958
Garra fasciacauda Fowler, 1937
Garra findolabium Li, Zhou & Fu, 2008
Garra fisheri (Fowler, 1937)
Garra flavatra Kullander & Fang, 2004
Garra fuliginosa Fowler, 1934
Garra geba Stiassny & Getahun, 2007
Garra ghorensis Krupp, 1982 – Jordanian log sucker
Garra gotyla (Gray, 1830)
- Garra gotyla gotyla – Sucker head
- Garra gotyla stenorhynchus Jerdon, 1849 – Nilgiris Garra
Garra gracilis (Pellegrin & Chevey, 1936)
Garra gravelyi (Annandale, 1919)
Garra hainanensis Chen & Zheng, 1983
Garra hughi Silas, 1955 – Cardamon Garra
Garra ignestii (Gianferrari, 1925)
Garra imberba Garman, 1912
Garra imberbis (Vinciguerra, 1890)
Garra kalakadensis Rema Devi, 1993
Garra kempi Hora, 1921 – Kemp Garra
Garra laichowensis Nguyen & Doan, 1969
Garra lamta (Hamilton, 1822)
Garra lancrenonensis Blache & Miton, 1960

Garra lissorhynchus (McClelland, 1842) – Khasi Garra
Garra litanensis Vishwanath, 1993
Garra longipinnis Banister & Clarke, 1977
Garra makiensis (Boulenger, 1904)
Garra mamshuqa Krupp, 1983
Garra manipurensis Vishwanath & Sarjnalini, 1988
Garra mcclellandi (Jerdon, 1849)– Cauvery Garra
Garra menoni Rema Devi & Indra, 1984
Garra micropulvinus Zhou, Pan & Kottelat, 2005
Garra mirofrontis Chu & Cui, 1987
Garra mullya (Sykes, 1839) – Mullya Garra
Garra naganensis Hora, 1921 – Naga Garra
Garra nambulica Vishwanath & Joyshree, 2005
Garra nasuta (McClelland, 1838) – Nose log sucker
Garra nigricollis Kullander & Fang, 2004
Garra notata (Blyth, 1860)– Tenasserim Garra
Garra orientalis Nichols, 1925
Garra ornata (Nichols & Griscom, 1917) (= G. baudoni, G. occidentalis, G. ornatus, G. waterloti sensu auct.)
Garra paralissorhynchus Vishwanath & Shanta Devi, 2005
Garra periyarensis Gopi, 2001
Garra persica Berg, 1914
Garra phillipsi Deraniyagala, 1933 – Phillips' Garra
Garra poecilura Kullander & Fang, 2004
Garra poilanei Petit & Tchang, 1933
Garra propulvinus Kullander & Fang, 2004
Garra qiaojiensis Wu & Yao, 1977
Garra quadrimaculata (Rüppell, 1835)
Garra rakhinica Kullander & Fang, 2004
Garra regressus Stiassny & Getahun, 2007
Garra rossica (Nikolskii, 1900)
Garra rotundinasus Zhang, 2006
Garra rufa (Heckel, 1843) – Reddish log sucker, Doctor fish
Garra rupecula (McClelland, 1839) – Mishmi Garra
Garra sahilia Krupp, 1983
- Garra sahilia gharbia Krupp, 1983
- Garra sahilia sahilia
Garra salweenica Hora & Mukerji, 1934
Garra spilota Kullander & Fang, 2004
Garra surendranathanii Shaji, Arun & Easa, 1996
Garra tana Stiassny & Getahun, 2007
Garra tengchongensis Zhang & Chen, 2002
Garra theunensis Kottelat, 1998
Garra tibanica Trewavas, 1941
Garra trewavasai Monod, 1950
Garra variabilis (Heckel, 1843)
Garra vittatula Kullander & Fang, 2004
Garra wanae (Regan, 1914)
Garra waterloti (Pellegrin 1935)
Garra yiliangensis Wu & Chen, 1977