Garra periyarensis is a species of cyprinid fish in the genus Garra. It is found only in the upstream reaches of Periyar River, in Kerala, India.

Garra periyarensis
Rough Illustration
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Labeoninae
Genus: Garra
Species:
G. periyarensis
Binomial name
Garra periyarensis
Gopi, 2001[2]
Garra periyarensis a view from periyar river

References edit

  1. ^ Ali, A.; Raghavan, R. (2011). "Garra periyarensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: 2011: e.T172499A6904220. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T172499A6904220.en.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Garra periyarensis" in FishBase. April 2006 version.