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Cypriniformes (Carps) >
Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps) > Labeoninae
Etymology: Garra: Name based on a vernacular Indian name (Hamilton, 1822:343, Ref. 1813); a fish living in mud (Ref. 128817); dunsirei: Named for the collector, Mr Andy Dunsire, who encouraged so many people to search for subterranean fishes, as well as collecting such fish himself in isolated and hazardous regions (Ref. 82680).
Eponymy: Andy Dunsire is an ex-RAF radio engineer and speleologist who was employed (from early 1970s) in Oman to help keep the fighter planes of the Sultan of Oman’s Air Force in the air. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Ambiente: milieu / zona climática / intervalo de profundidade / gama de distribuição
Ecologia
; Água doce bentopelágico. Tropical; 18°N - 17°N
Asia: Oman.
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturidade: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.8 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 82680)
Descrição breve
Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria
This species is characterized by the following: eyes very small and not visible in ventral view; circumpeduncular scales 12; first gill arch with 6-7 gill rakers on lower limb; breast and belly with scales reduced or absent (Ref. 111064). Also characterized by the late development of the papillar beds on the mental disc, the papillar bed being only just differentiated at 5.0 cm SL and the highly unusual shape of the neural spines below the dorsal fin (Ref. 82680).
Cross section: compressed.
A troglomorphic or microphthalmic hypogean fish occurring in an extremely isolated sink hole (Ref. 82680).
Ciclo de vida e comportamento de acasalamento
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Lyon, R.G., M.F. Geiger and J. Freyhof, 2016. Garra sindhi, a new species from the Jebel Samhan Nature Reserve in Oman (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Zootaxa 4154(1):79-88. (Ref. 111064)
Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Ameaça para o homem
Harmless
Utilização humana
Pescarias: sem interesse
Ferramentas
Relatórios especiais
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Estimativas baseadas em modelos
Índice de diversidade filogenética (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00794 (0.00359 - 0.01758), b=3.04 (2.87 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Resiliência (Ref.
120179): Elevada, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população menor que 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerabilidade da pesca (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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