| General information |
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Garra mullya (Sykes, 1839) |
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| Common name | Sucker fish |
| Synonyms |
Chondrostoma mullya Sykes, 1839 Discognathus fusiformis Heckel, 1844 Garra alta Day, 1867 Garra jenkinsonianum Hora, 1921 |
| IUCN Red List status (2014) |
Least Concern (LC) |
| Habitat |
Freshwater |
| Systematics |
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Ostariophysi; Cypriniformes; Cyprinidae. |
| Geographical distribution |
India; Nepal |
| Occurrence |
native: India; native: Nepal |
| Importance |
Food |
| Karyological information |
| Geographical area of study |
Chalakkudy river of Kerala, Western Ghats, India |
| Source of chromosomes |
Not reported |
| Number of specimens with sex |
7 |
| Diploid chromosome number |
50 |
| Karyotype formula |
18m+14sm+10st+8t |
| Fundamental arm number |
82 |
| Chromosome length |
Not reported |
| Sex chromosome |
Not detected |
| Chromosome staining/banding/FISH |
C-bands sites on 9 chromosome pairs, Ag-NOR sites on 1chromosome pairs |
| Reference |
Nagpure, NS, Kumar R, Srivastava SK, Gopalakrishnan A, Basheer VS, Kapoor D (2006) Cytogenetic Studies in Two Cyprinids Garra mullya and Barilius bakeri from the Western Ghats of India. Journal of Cytology and Genetics, 7: 69-78. |
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