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Doctor Fish
Garra rufa (Heckel, 1843)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Actinopterygii - ray-finned fishes »  order Cypriniformes »  family Cyprinidae - minnows and carps

Scientific synonyms

Discognathus crenulatus Heckel, 1846-49
Discognathus lamta (non Hamilton, 1822)
Discognathus rufus Heckel, 1843
Garra lamta (non Hamilton, 1822)
Garra rufa crenulata Heckel, 1844
Garra rufa gymnothorax Berg, 1949
Garra rufus Heckel, 1843

Other names

= Doctorfishen
= Kangal Fish
= Nibble Fish
= Reddish Log Sucker

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Garra rufa obtusa

Taxon in country check-lists*

Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey

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Subordinated taxa

Number of records: 3

subspecies Garra rufa obtusa (Heckel, 1843)

Garra rufa obtusa

subspecies Garra rufa rufa (Heckel, 1843)
subspecies Garra rufa turcica Karaman M. S., 1971

Links and literature

CH DE EN FR IT NL PR SP FishBase [26483]
Froese R., Pauly D. (eds.): FishBase [http://www.fishbase.org]
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