Garra nethravathiensis Arunachalam & Nandagopal, 2014

Family:  Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps), subfamily: Labeoninae
Max. size:  18.722 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  benthopelagic; freshwater
Distribution:  Asia: Nethravathi River in Karnataka State, India.
Diagnosis:  Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-10; Vertebrae: 31. Differs from its congeners from Western Ghats mountain ranges of peninsular India by having the following characters: pompous size, broad and round central pad of the sucking disc and almost a horse shoe shaped swelling in front and on sides of median pad; snout broadly rounded with deep transverse groove with pointed tubercles arranged irregularly but approximately three rows in each side; proboscis absent; 30-31 scales on lateral line; 15-16 scales around caudal peduncle; 4.5/2.5/3.5 transverse-scale rows; well developed scales present up to chest region (Ref. 96640).
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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