Garra arupi
Appearance
Garra arupi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Labeoninae |
Genus: | Garra |
Species: | G. arupi
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Binomial name | |
Garra arupi |
Garra arupi is a species of cyprinid fish in the genus Garra from the upper Brahmaputra basin in Arunachal Pradesh.
Etymology
[edit]The fish is named in honor of Arup Kumar Das (b. 1952), the Coordinator of the University Grant Commission-sponsored “Centre of Excellence in Biodiversity” of the Rajiv Gandhi University, in Itanagar, India.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Garra arupi". FishBase.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily LABEONINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2022.