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Red garra

Index Red garra

The red garra (Garra rufa), also known as the doctor fish or nibble fish, is a species of cyprinid that is native to a wide range of freshwater habitats in subtropical parts of Western Asia. [1]

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  1. 69 relations: Algae, Aquarium, Arthropod, Cavefish, Ceyhan River, Cleaner fish, Cyprinidae, Dead Sea, Detritus, Endorheic basin, Fairfax County, Virginia, Garra amirhosseini, Garra barreimiae, Garra elegans, Garra ghorensis, Garra gymnothorax, Garra jordanica, Garra longipinnis, Garra lorestanensis, Garra mondica, Garra nana, Garra persica, Garra rossica, Garra sahilia, Garra tashanensis, Garra typhlops, Genetics, Hakone, Health Protection Agency, Iran, Iraq, Iraq blind barb, Johann Jakob Heckel, Jordan River, Kangal, Karun, Kızılırmak River, Kor River, Levant, Maharloo Lake, Milwaukee, Mond River, Montreal, Morphology (biology), NHS England, Orontes River, Overexploitation, Pedicure, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Psoriasis, ... Expand index (19 more) »

  2. Animal-assisted therapy
  3. Fish of West Asia

Algae

Algae (alga) are any of a large and diverse group of photosynthetic, eukaryotic organisms.

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Aquarium

An aquarium (aquariums or aquaria) is a vivarium of any size having at least one transparent side in which aquatic plants or animals are kept and displayed.

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Arthropod

Arthropods are invertebrates in the phylum Arthropoda.

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Cavefish

Cavefish or cave fish is a generic term for fresh and brackish water fish adapted to life in caves and other underground habitats.

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Ceyhan River

The Ceyhan River (historically Pyramos or Pyramus (Πύραμος), Leucosyrus (Λευκόσυρος) or Jihun) is a river in Anatolia in the south of Turkey.

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Cleaner fish

Cleaner fish are fish that show a specialist feeding strategy by providing a service to other species, referred to as clients, by removing dead skin, ectoparasites, and infected tissue from the surface or gill chambers.

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Cyprinidae

Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family, including the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives the barbs and barbels, among others.

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Dead Sea

The Dead Sea (al-Baḥr al-Mayyit, or label; Yām hamMelaḥ), also known by other names, is a landlocked salt lake bordered by Jordan to the east and the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Israel to the west.

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Detritus

In biology, detritus is dead particulate organic material, as distinguished from dissolved organic material.

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Endorheic basin

An endorheic basin (also endoreic basin and endorreic basin) is a drainage basin that normally retains water and allows no outflow to other, external bodies of water (e.g. rivers and oceans); instead, the water drainage flows into permanent and seasonal lakes and swamps that equilibrate through evaporation.

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Fairfax County, Virginia

Fairfax County, officially the County of Fairfax, is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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Garra amirhosseini

Garra amirhosseini is a fish species in the genus Garra endemic to the Tigris River drainage in Iran. Red garra and Garra amirhosseini are garra.

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Garra barreimiae

Garra barreimiae, the Oman garra, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. Red garra and garra barreimiae are garra.

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Garra elegans

Garra elegans,Behrens-Chapuis, S., Herder, F., Esmaeili, H.R., Freyhof, J., Hamidan, N.A., Özuluğ, M., Šanda, R. & Geiger, M.F. (2015): Adding nuclear rhodopsin data where mitochondrial COI indicates discrepancies – can this marker help to explain conflicts in cyprinids? DNA Barcodes, 3 (1): 187-199.

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Garra ghorensis

Garra ghorensis, the Jordanian log sucker or Dead Sea garra, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. Red garra and garra ghorensis are garra.

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Garra gymnothorax

Garra gymnothorax, the chest scaleless garra, is a species of cyprinid fish in the genus Garra which is found in Iran. Red garra and garra gymnothorax are garra.

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Garra jordanica

Garra jordanica is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. Red garra and Garra jordanica are garra.

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Garra longipinnis

Garra longipinnis is a cyprinid fish only found in Oman. Red garra and Garra longipinnis are garra.

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Garra lorestanensis

Garra lorestanensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Garra Known from the Loven Cave, the natural outlet of a subterranean limestone system of the Zagros Mountains in the Ab-e Sirum or Ab-e Serum Valley near Tang-e Haft railway station, the Tigris River drainage, the Persian Gulf Basin, Lorestan Province, southwestern Iran. Red garra and Garra lorestanensis are garra.

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Garra mondica

Garra mondica is a species of cyprinid fish in the genus Garra endemic to the Mond River in Iran. Red garra and Garra mondica are garra.

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Garra nana

Garra nana is a ray-finned fish species in the family Cyprinidae. Red garra and Garra nana are fish described in 1843.

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Garra persica

Garra persica is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Garra from Iran and Iraq. Red garra and Garra persica are garra.

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Garra rossica

Garra rossica is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Garra from eastern Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Red garra and Garra rossica are garra.

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Garra sahilia

Garra sahilia is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Garra from Arabia. Red garra and Garra sahilia are garra.

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Garra tashanensis

Garra tashanensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Garra. Red garra and Garra tashanensis are garra.

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Garra typhlops

Garra typhlops, also known as the Iran cave barb is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. Red garra and Garra typhlops are garra.

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Genetics

Genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms.

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Hakone

is a town in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Health Protection Agency

The Health Protection Agency (HPA) was a non-departmental public body in England.

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Iran

Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI), also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Turkey to the northwest and Iraq to the west, Azerbaijan, Armenia, the Caspian Sea, and Turkmenistan to the north, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south.

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Iraq

Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia and a core country in the geopolitical region known as the Middle East.

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Iraq blind barb

Garra widdowsoni, commonly known as the Iraq blind barb or Haditha cave garra, is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to underground water systems near Haditha in Iraq.

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Johann Jakob Heckel

Johann Jakob Heckel (23 January 1790 – 1 March 1857) was an Austrian taxidermist, zoologist, and ichthyologist from Mannheim in the Electoral Palatinate.

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Jordan River

The Jordan River or River Jordan (نَهْر الْأُرْدُنّ, Nahr al-ʾUrdunn; נְהַר הַיַּרְדֵּן, Nəhar hayYardēn), also known as Nahr Al-Sharieat (نهر الشريعة.), is a river in the Levant that flows roughly north to south through the freshwater Sea of Galilee and on to the salt water Dead Sea.

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Kangal

Kangal is a town in Sivas Province in Turkey.

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Karun

The Karun (کارون) is the Iranian river with the highest water flow, and the country's only navigable river.

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Kızılırmak River

The Kızılırmak (Turkish for "Red River"), once known as the Halys River (Ἅλυς) and Alis River, is the longest river flowing entirely within Turkey.

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Kor River

Kor River (also Kur River; رود کر) is located in the Fars Province of Iran.

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Levant

The Levant is an approximate historical geographical term referring to a large area in the Eastern Mediterranean region of West Asia and core territory of the political term ''Middle East''.

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Maharloo Lake

Maharloo Lake (دریاچه مهارلو) is a seasonal salt lake in the highlands of Iran, southeast of the city of Shiraz.

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Milwaukee

Milwaukee is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the seat of Milwaukee County.

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Mond River

The Mond River (رودخانه مند), also known in English as the Mand River, runs through Fars Province and Bushehr Province in south-western Iran, flowing to the Persian Gulf.

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Montreal

Montreal is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest in Canada, and the tenth-largest in North America.

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Morphology (biology)

Morphology in biology is the study of the form and structure of organisms and their specific structural features.

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NHS England

NHS England, formerly the NHS Commissioning Board, is an executive non-departmental public body of the Department of Health and Social Care.

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Orontes River

The Orontes (from Ancient Greek Ὀρόντης) or Nahr al-ʿĀṣī, or simply Asi (translit,; Asi) is a long river in Western Asia that begins in Lebanon, flowing northwards through Syria before entering the Mediterranean Sea near Samandağ in Hatay Province, Turkey.

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Overexploitation

Overexploitation, also called overharvesting, refers to harvesting a renewable resource to the point of diminishing returns.

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Pedicure

A pedicure is a cosmetic treatment of the feet and toenails, analogous to a manicure.

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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is an American animal rights nonprofit organization based in Norfolk, Virginia, and led by Ingrid Newkirk, its international president.

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Psoriasis

Psoriasis is a long-lasting, noncontagious autoimmune disease characterized by patches of abnormal skin.

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Quebec

QuebecAccording to the Canadian government, Québec (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and Quebec (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.

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Queiq

The Queiq (Modern Standard Arabic: قُوَيْقٌ, Quwayq,; northern Syrian Arabic: ʾWēʾ), with many variant spellings, it was known to the Greeks in antiquity as the Belus in (Βήλος, Bēlos), the Chalos and also known in English as the Aleppo River is an endorheic river and valley of the Aleppo Governorate, Syria and Turkey.

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Sensu

Sensu is a Latin word meaning "in the sense of".

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Seyhan River

The Seyhan River (formerly written Seihan, Sihun; ancient name: Σάρος, Sáros), alternatively known as Sarus (or in Turkish as Sarus Su),John Garstang and O.R. Gurney is the longest river of Cilicia and the longest of Turkey that flows into the Mediterranean Sea.

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Sheffield

Sheffield is a city in South Yorkshire, England, whose name derives from the River Sheaf which runs through it.

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Spa

A spa is a location where mineral-rich spring water (and sometimes seawater) is used to give medicinal baths.

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Species

A species (species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.

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Species complex

In biology, a species complex is a group of closely related organisms that are so similar in appearance and other features that the boundaries between them are often unclear.

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Species description

A species description is a formal scientific description of a newly encountered species, typically articulated through a scientific publication.

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Stratum corneum

The stratum corneum (Latin for 'horny layer') is the outermost layer of the epidermis.

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Subspecies

In biological classification, subspecies (subspecies) is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed.

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Subtropics

The subtropical zones or subtropics are geographical and climate zones to the north and south of the tropics.

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Taxonomy (biology)

In biology, taxonomy is the scientific study of naming, defining (circumscribing) and classifying groups of biological organisms based on shared characteristics.

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The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), also referred to simply as the Journal, is an American newspaper based in New York City, with a focus on business and finance.

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Tigris–Euphrates river system

The Tigris–Euphrates river system is a large river system in Western Asia that flows into the Persian Gulf.

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Turkey

Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe.

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Umag

Umag (Umago; Umago) is a coastal town in Istria, Croatia.

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West Asia

West Asia, also called Western Asia or Southwest Asia, is the westernmost region of Asia.

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Zooplankton

Zooplankton are the animal (or heterotrophic) component of the planktonic community (the "zoo-" prefix comes from), having to consume other organisms to thrive.

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See also

Animal-assisted therapy

Fish of West Asia

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_garra

Also known as Discognathus crenulatus, Discognathus lamta, Discognathus obtusus, Discognathus rufus, Doctor Fish, Doctorfish, Doctorfishen, Fish pedicure, Garra Rufa, Garra rufa crenulata, Garra rufa gymnothorax, Garra rufa obtusas, Garra rufus, Garru-rufa, Kangal Fish, Nibble fish, Reddish Log Sucker, Reddish Logsucker.

, Quebec, Queiq, Sensu, Seyhan River, Sheffield, Spa, Species, Species complex, Species description, Stratum corneum, Subspecies, Subtropics, Taxonomy (biology), The Wall Street Journal, Tigris–Euphrates river system, Turkey, Umag, West Asia, Zooplankton.