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Class: Teleostei
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae Minnows or carps
Subfamily: Labeoninae
Genus: Garra

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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Garra abhoyai Asia 5.7 SL 1921
Garra aethiopica Africa 11.4 SL 1927
Garra allostoma Africa 6.3 SL 1990
Garra alticaputus Asia 7.2 SL 2013
Garra amirhosseini Asia 6.7 SL 2016
Garra andruzzii Somalian cavefish Africa 6.2 TL 1924
Garra annandalei Asia 23 TL 1921
Garra apogon Asia 1925
Garra arunachalami Asia 2001
Garra arunachalensis Asia 12.6 SL 2013
Garra arupi Asia 7.2 SL 2009
Garra barreimiae Asia 7.2 SL 1956
Garra bicornuta Asia 13.9 SL 1920
Garra biloborostris Asia 9.2 SL 2017
Garra bimaculacauda Asia 2016
Garra binduensis Asia 12.7 SL 2016
Garra birostris Asia 10.2 SL 2013
Garra bispinosa Asia 12.8 SL 2005
Garra blanfordii Africa 9.2 SL 1901
Garra borneensis Asia 11.5 SL 1902
Garra bourreti Asia 1928
Garra buettikeri Asia 10 SL 1983
Garra caudomaculata Antakya minnow Asia 1942
Garra centrala Asia 13.5 SL 2015
Garra ceylonensis Stone sucker Asia 15 TL 1863
Garra chakpiensis Asia 8.3 SL 2015
Garra chathensis Asia 2020
Garra chaudhurii Asia 1921
Garra chebera Africa 7.5 SL 2010
Garra chindwinensis Asia 12 SL 2017
Garra chivaensis Asia 9.7 SL 2020
Garra clavirostris Asia 12.7 SL 2017
Garra compressus Asia 8.4 SL 1998
Garra congoensis Africa 10 TL 1959
Garra cornigera Asia 7.6 SL 2015
Garra culiciphaga Red stripe barb Asia 6 SL 1927
Garra cyclostomata Asia 15 SL 1978
Garra cyrano Asia 10.3 SL 2000
Garra dampaensis Asia 5.2 SL 2013
Garra deccanensis Asia 8.7 SL 2022
Garra dembecha Africa 13.0 SL 2007
Garra dembeensis Dembea stone lapper Africa 11 SL 1835
Garra dengba Asia 10.9 SL 2018
Garra dulongensis Asia 2006
Garra dunsirei Asia 6.8 SL 1987
Garra duobarbis Africa 6.7 SL 2007
Garra elegans Asia 4.8 SL 1868
Garra elongata Asia 11.3 SL 2000
Garra emarginata Asia 8.6 SL 2011
Garra ethelwynnae Africa 2.8 SL 1958
Garra festai Asia 1939
Garra fisheri Asia 5 TL 1937
Garra flavatra Asia 6.2 SL 2004
Garra fuliginosa Asia 18 SL 1934
Garra gallagheri Black Garra Asia 6.7 SL 1988
Garra geba Africa 8.6 SL 2007
Garra ghorensis Eurasia 10.1 SL 1982
Garra gotyla Sucker head Asia 21.5 TL 1830
Garra gracilis Asia 1936
Garra gravelyi Asia 12 TL 1919
Garra gymnothorax Chest scaleless garra Asia 8.9 SL 1949
Garra hindii Africa 7 TL 1905
Garra hormuzensis Asia 5.3 SL 2021
Garra hughi Asia 15.5 SL 1955
Garra ignestii Africa 10.3 SL 1925
Garra imbarbatus Asia 2001
Garra imberbis Asia 9 TL 1890
Garra jaldhakaensis Asia 8.4 SL 2021
Garra jamila Africa 6.3 SL 2019
Garra jerdoni Asia 16.1 SL 1867
Garra jordanica Asia 9.6 SL 2014
Garra kalakadensis Asia 7.4 SL 1993
Garra kalpangi Asia 7.2 SL 2012
Garra kemali Ereğli minnow Asia 5.8 SL 1925
Garra kempi Asia 11.3 SL 1921
Garra khawbungi Asia 9.8 SL 2014
Garra kimini Asia 8.5 SL 2013
Garra lamta Asia 25.3 TL 1822
Garra lancrenonensis Africa 2.6 SL 1960
Garra langlungensis Asia 7.0 SL 2021
Garra lautior Asia 8 SL 1987
Garra lissorhynchus Asia 9.2 SL 1842
Garra litanensis Asia 9.8 SL 1993
Garra longipinnis Asia 5.9 SL 1977
Garra lorestanensis Asia 5.8 SL 2016
Garra magnacavus Asia 8.2 SL 2019
Garra magnidiscus Asia 2013
Garra makiensis Africa 13.5 SL 1904
Garra mamshuqa Asia 4.8 SL 1983
Garra manipurensis Asia 7 SL 1988
Garra mcclellandi Asia 17.4 SL 1849
Garra menderesensis Asia 5.4 SL 2015
Garra menoni Asia 6.9 SL 1984
Garra meymehensis Asia 7.1 SL 2021
Garra mini Asia 4.7 SL 2016
Garra minima Asia 5.3 SL 2013
Garra mirofrontis Asia 8.2 SL 1987
Garra mlapparaensis Asia 7.5 SL 2011
Garra mondica Asia 6.8 TL 2015
Garra moyonkhulleni Asia 9.9 SL 2018
Garra mullya Sucker fish Asia 17 TL 1839
Garra naganensis Asia 11.0 SL 1921
Garra nambulica Asia 7.6 SL 2005
Garra namyaensis Asia 7.3 SL 2012
Garra nana Eurasia 12 TL 1843
Garra napata Africa 7.0 SL 2019
Garra nasuta Asia 20 NG 1838
Garra nepalensis Asia 9.3 SL 2017
Garra nethravathiensis Asia 18.7 SL 2014
Garra nigricauda Asia 14.3 SL 2013
Garra nigricollis Asia 13.1 SL 2004
Garra notata Asia 5 TL 1860
Garra orientalis Asia. 20 TL 1925
Garra ornata Africa 7.2 SL 1917
Garra orontesi Asia 11.5 SL 2021
Garra palaruvica Asia 4.4 SL 2013
Garra paralissorhynchus Asia 6.7 SL 2005
Garra parastenorhynchus Asia 2016
Garra periyarensis Asia 16.0 SL 2001
Garra persica Asia 10.0 TL 1914
Garra phillipsi Phillips's garra Asia 10 TL 1933
Garra platycephala Asia 10.4 SL 1920
Garra poecilura Asia 4.5 SL 2004
Garra poilanei Asia 1933
Garra propulvinus Asia 6.4 SL 2004
Garra qiaojiensis Asia 17.1 SL 1977
Garra quadratirostris Asia 10.8 SL 2013
Garra quadrimaculata Africa 10.7 SL 1835
Garra rakhinica Asia 8.2 SL 2004
Garra ranganensis Asia 12.2 SL 2019
Garra regressus Africa 12.2 SL 2007
Garra rezai Asia 8 SL 2022
Garra robertsi Asia 10.4 SL 2015
Garra roseae Asia 5.1 SL 2019
Garra rossica Asia 10.5 TL 1900
Garra rotundinasus Asia 18.5 SL 2006
Garra rufa Red garra Eurasia 14.1 TL 1843
Garra rupecula Asia 6.5 SL 1839
Garra sahilia Asia 10 SL 1983
Garra salweenica Asia 17.4 SL 1934
Garra sannarensis Africa 3.6 SL 2019
Garra shamal Asia 5.7 SL 2020
Garra sharq Asia 5.1 SL 2020
Garra simbalbaraensis Asia 9.7 SL 2019
Garra sindhae Asia 8.5 SL 2016
Garra smartae Asia 5.0 SL 2009
Garra spilota Asia 6.1 SL 2004
Garra stenorhynchus Asia 15.5 SL 1849
Garra surendranathanii Asia 14.7 SL 1996
Garra tamangi Asia 15.4 SL 2016
Garra tana Africa 10.8 SL 2007
Garra tashanensis Asia 2.7 SL 2016
Garra tengchongensis Asia 2002
Garra tiam Asia 7.1 SL 2021
Garra tibanica Asia 13.1 SL 1941
Garra tibetana Asia 10.5 SL 2018
Garra trilobata Asia 13.4 SL 2015
Garra turcica Asia 11.5 SL 1971
Garra tyao Asia 7.6 SL 2014
Garra typhlops Iran cave barb Asia 6.4 SL 1944
Garra ukhrulensis Asia 10.9 SL 2015
Garra variabilis Variable garra Asia 14.5 TL 1843
Garra vinciguerrae Africa 12.2 SL 1901
Garra vittatula Asia 5.9 SL 2004
Garra waensis Asia 9.1 SL 2014
Garra wanae Asia 5 TL 1914
Garra waterloti Africa 7 TL 1935
Garra widdowsoni Iraq blind barb Asia 1955



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