Garra hughi

Garra hughi (cardamon garra) is an endangered species of ray-finned fish in the genus Garra. It occurs in high mountain streams of the Southern Western Ghats, from the Anamalai Hills,[3] south to the Agasthyamala Hills.[4] The species is a benthopelagic fish, found in mountain streams.

Garra hughi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Labeoninae
Genus: Garra
Species:
G. hughi
Binomial name
Garra hughi
Silas, 1955[2]

The juveniles are free swimmers and are found in more cleaner waters closer to the banks and in pools and puddles along the course of the stream. The juveniles have an omnivorous diet including earthworms, aquatic insects, mostly larvae of chironomids and ephemeropterans and bits of filamentous algae and detritus, which is different from that of the adult. The adult fish takes to feeding on vegetable matter (mainly algae) with a change in its mode of living, to life close to the substratum of the rapid waters of the streams.[1] A lot of the habitat of G. hughi is threatened primarily by habitat degradation.

References
  1. Ali, A. (2011). "Garra hughi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: 2011: e.T169624A6656941. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T169624A6656941.en.
  2. "Records of the Indian Museum" (PDF). Eprints.cmfri.org.in. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
  3. "Remadevi fish fauna of the Anamalai.pmd" (PDF). Zoosprint.org. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
  4. "Freshwater fish fauna of the Ashambu Hills landscape, southern Western Ghats, India, with notes on some range extensions" (PDF). Threatenedtaxa.org. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
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