Garo spineless eel
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| Genus: | Garo Yazdani & Talwar, 1981
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| Species: | G. khajuriai
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| Garo khajuriai | |
The Garo spineless eel, Garo khajuriai, is a species of earthworm eel endemic to India. It belongs to the monotypic genus Garo.[3] It is demersal and lives in fresh water[3]
Distribution
This species is found in the Garo Hills in Meghalaya and in the Kaziranga Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam, India.[3]
References
- ^ IUCN./org
- ^ Catalogueoflife.org
- ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Garo khajuriai". FishBase.
- Kullander, S.O., R. Britz and F. Fang. (2000). Pillaia kachinica, a new chaudhuriid fish from Myanmar, with observations on the genus Garo (Teleostei: Chaudhuriidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 11(4):327-334.