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Phillips's garra

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Phillips's garra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Labeoninae
Genus: Garra
Species:
G. phillipsi
Binomial name
Garra phillipsi

Phillips's garra (Garra phillipsi) is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found only in Sri Lanka, where it is restricted to a single stream on the Moussakele tea estate, near Gammaduwa in the Upper Knuckles mountain range at altitudes between 1,036 and 1,066 m (3,400 and 3,500 ft) ASL.[1]

It is named in honour of Maj. William Watt Addison Phillips MBE (1892–1981), British tea and rubber planter and amateur naturalist, who collected the holotype.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Fernado, M.; Kotagama, O. & de Alwis Goonatilake, S. (2020) [errata version of 2019 assessment]. "Garra phillipsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T8918A174835907. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T8918A174835907.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily LABEONINAE Bleeker 1859 (Labeos)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 9 February 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2024.