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  • Garra surendranathanii
  • Garra surendranathanii
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Scientific Name Garra surendranathanii    Shaji, Arun & Easa, 1996
Common Name Periyar Garra
Type Locality Orukomban, tributary to Chalakkudy River, 10°22'N, 76°41'E, Kerala, India, elevation 483 meters.
Synonym(s) Garra surendranathi
Etymology Garra: Name based on a vernacular Indian name. 
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Identification Fishes of the genus Garra Hamilton, 1822 are characteristic in having a more or less well-developed suctorial disc on the undersurface just behind the mouth.These fishes inhabit rapid running waters and maintain themselves against swift currents by clinging to the substratum, mainly by means of their suctorial disc but also by the horizontally placed paired fins, especially the pectorals. The genus is widely distributed from Southern China, across Southeast Asia, India, and the Middle East to Northern and Central Africa.There are more than 170 nominal species of Garra.
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Distribution Asia: Orukomban, tributary of Chalakudy river; Ayyappankovil, Periyar river; Mookkampally tributary of Pamba river in India.
Indian waters, Periyar, Chalakudy (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Indian waters, Periyar (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Pacific, Eastern Central Pacific, Panama Pacific Coast (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Indian waters, Kerala State Waters, Pampa (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category
Endangered
, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2010.
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Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society v. 93 (pt 3), pp 572, Fig. 1
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Last Update 2025 Jan 01 12:55 (species record created: 2011 Oct 24 00:54)