Garo spineless eel
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]
| Garo spineless eel | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Synbranchiformes |
| Family: | Chaudhuriidae |
| Genus: | Garo Yazdani & Talwar, 1981 |
| Species: | G. khajuriai |
| Binomial name | |
| Garo khajuriai (Talwar, Yazdani & Kundu, 1977)[2] | |
Distribution
This species is found in the Garo Hills in Meghalaya and in the Kaziranga Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam, India.[3]
References
- Devi, R.; Boguskaya, N. (2009). "Garo khajuriai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T166489A6220119. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T166489A6220119.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- Catalogueoflife.org
- 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.
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