Garra arupi explained

Garra arupi is a species of cyprinid fish in the genus Garra from the upper Brahmaputra basin in Arunachal Pradesh.

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Arup Kumar Das (b. 1952), the Coordinator of the University Grant Commission-sponsored “Centre of Excellence in Biodiversity” of the Rajiv Gandhi University, in Itanagar, India.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily LABEONINAE . 6 April 2022 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 22 September 2018 . 6 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506050604/http://etyfish.org/cypriniformes7/ . dead .

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