Cameroon logsucker

Garra dembeensis, the Dembea stone lapper, is a small African species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae.[2] It occurs in fast-flowing sections of rivers and wave-washed shores of lakes in the Nile system and other freshwater systems in East and Central Africa, although its presence in the Congo River basin is uncertain.[1][2]

Cameroon logsucker
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Garra
Species:
G. dembeensis
Binomial name
Garra dembeensis
(Rüppell, 1835)[2]
Synonyms
  • Discognathus johnstoni Boulmger, 1901
  • Chondrostoma dembeensis Rüppell, 1835
  • Discognathus dembeensis (Rüppell, 1835)
  • Gymnostomus dembeensis (Rüppell, 1835)
  • Discognathus chiarinii Vinciguerra, 1883
  • Garra johnstonii (Boulenger, 1901)
  • Garra vinciguerrae (Boulenger, 1901)

References
  1. FishBase team RMCA; Geelhand, D. (2016). "Garra dembeensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: 2016: e.T181829A84243484. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T181829A84243484.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Garra dembeensis" in FishBase. April 2006 version.


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