Guigarra is a monotypic genus of freshwater fish from China, closely related to Garra.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Labeoninae |
| Genus: | Guigarra Wang, Chen & Zheng, 2022 |
| Species: | G. cailaoensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Guigarra cailaoensis Wang, Chen & Zheng, 2022
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Its only species is Guigarra cailaoensis which is found in the Cailao River, Fengshan County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. The main feature of this species is that the lower lip is specialized into a suction cup structure, and it also has a well-developed upper lip.[1][2][3]
References
edit- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Guigarra cailaoensis". FishBase. February 2024 version.
- ^ Wang, Zhi-Bang; Chen, Xiao-Yong; Zheng, Lan-Ping (2022-05-18). "A new genus and species of disc-bearing Labeoninae (Teleostei: Cypriniformes) from Guangxi, China". Zoological Research. 43 (3): 409–412. doi:10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2021.230. PMC 9113966. PMID 35437969.
- ^ "研究发现广西野鲮亚科鱼类新属种". 中国科学院 (in Chinese). 2022-06-10. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
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