Garra smarti

Garra smarti is a species of cyprinid fish in the genus Garra from Oman.[2] The specific name honours Emma Smart for her studies of the fish faunas of the wadis of the Arabian Peninsula. The original specific name smarti was amended to smartae to reflect the correct gender of the person being honoured.[3]

Garra smarti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Labeoninae
Genus: Garra
Species:
G. smarti
Binomial name
Garra smarti
Krupp & Budd, 2009[2]
Synonyms

Garra smartae Krupp & Budd, 2009 (misspelling)

References

  1. Harrison, I.J. (2015). "Garra smarti". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: 2015: e.T203422A2765042. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T203422A2765042.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Garra smarti" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
  3. "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily CYPRININAE (f-l)". The ETYFishProject Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
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