Garra rotundinasus Zhang, 2006

Family:  Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps), subfamily: Labeoninae
Max. size:  18.45 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  benthopelagic; freshwater
Distribution:  Asia: Yiluowadi Jiang (upper Irrawaddy River) basin in Yunnan, China.
Diagnosis:  Dorsal soft rays (total): 12-12; Anal soft rays: 8-8; Vertebrae: 35-37. Distinguished from all other Southeast Asian and Chinese congeners, except Garra gravelyi by having a snout with a poorly developed proboscis that is represented by a truncate area in front of the nostrils. Differs from Garra gravelyi by possessing 36-37 perforated lateral line scales, 2 1/2 scales above the lateral line, 10-11 predorsal scales, a broadly rounded snout, and absence of black spots at the base of the branched dorsal-fin rays. Has a color pattern consisting of an indistinct mid-lateral band with a few incomplete narrow longitudinal stripes above and below the mid-lateral band, more distinct on the caudal peduncle; and a black spot at the dorsal of the gill opening (Ref. 57645). Description: Dorsal fin iv,8; Anal fin iii,5; Pectoral fin i,13-15; Pelvic fin i,8 (Ref. 57645).
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless
Country info:  Type locality, Daying Jiang in Tengchong (Houqiao), Yiluowadi Jiang (upper Irriwaddy River) basin, Yunnan Province, IHB 781V1162 (holotyoe of Garra rotundinasus, 16.15 cm SL). Found in the Yiluowadi Jiang (upper Irrawaddy River) basin in Yunnan (Ref. 57645).


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