Garra rakhinica Kullander & Fang 2004

A small species of Garra with shallow rostral furrow and smoothly rounded snout tip, rostral lobe present, proboscis absent, predorsal region, chest and abdomen scaled, two pairs of barbels, lateral line scales 28, circumpeduncular scales 16.

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 7; Vertebrae: 23 - 24

Known from the type locality, Yan Khaw Chaung, which was a small forest river reduced to a series of connecting pools with a combined width of 2 meters, and not more than 1 meter deep, with slow flowing or standing water. The water clear and colorless; the bed made up of pebbles, gravel and rocks. The stream is lined with shrub and forest, but no aquatic vegetation (Ref. 52314).

This fish could be a potential aquarium species (Fang, 2004, pers. comm.)

aquarium: potential

Garra rakhinica is a species of cyprinid fish in the genus Garra from Myanmar.