Garo spineless eel

Garo spineless eel
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Division:	Teleostei
Order:	Synbranchiformes
Family:	Chaudhuriidae
Genus:	Garo Yazdani & Talwar, 1981
Species:	G. khajuriai
Binomial name
Garo khajuriai (Talwar, Yazdani & Kundu, 1977)

The Garo spineless eel (Garo khajuriai) is a species of earthworm eel endemic to India. It belongs to the monotypic genus Garo. It is demersal and lives in fresh water.

Distribution

This species is found in the Garo Hills in Meghalaya and in the Kaziranga Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam, India.

References

• Kullander, S.O., R. Britz and F. Fang. (2000). Pillaia kachinica, a new chaudhuriid fish from Myanmar, with observations on the genus Garo (Teleostei: Chaudhuriidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 11(4):327-334.

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