Jump to content

Garo spineless eel

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Tom.Reding (talk | contribs) at 13:52, 2 February 2018 (Add from=Q4976754 to {{Taxonbar}}; WP:GenFixes on, using AWB). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Garo spineless eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Synbranchiformes
Suborder:
Mastacembeloidei
Family:
Chaudhuriidae
Genus:
Garo

Yazdani & Talwar, 1981
Species:
G. khajuriai
Binomial name
Garo khajuriai
(Talwar, Yazdani & Kundu, 1977)[2]

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

  1. ^ IUCN./org
  2. ^ Catalogueoflife.org
  3. ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Garo khajuriai" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
  • 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.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Garo_spineless_eel&oldid=823638031"