Phillips's garra
| Phillips's garra | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Labeoninae |
| Genus: | Garra |
| Species: | G. phillipsi |
| Binomial name | |
| Garra phillipsi Deraniyagala, 1933 | |
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
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Garra phillipsi". FishBase.