Garra nana (Heckel, 1843)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Garra nana is a ray-finned fish species in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in Israel, Jordan and Syria. Its natural habitats are freshwater rivers, lakes and ponds of the Barada and Jordan River drainage basins, as well as the Kishon River. This bottom-dwelling fish is often overlooked, as it is small and prefers to hide among stones and water plants. It is an omnivore which feeds on aufwuchs. The species was previously placed in the genus Hemigrammocapoeta. It reaches up to 12 cm (4.7 in) in total length.
It is threatened by habitat loss, particularly due to water pollution and unsustainable water extraction for agriculture. Droughts perhaps exacerbated by climate change and invasive species also pose problems. Though the populations in lakes generally hold their own, most of these are small and susceptible to catastrophic fish kills; only the Lake Kinneret population appears to be stable. The river populations, on the other hand, are declining. Therefore, this species is classified as Near Threatened by the IUCN.
Wikipedia contributors, Garra nana; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T22:34:57.082422+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Garra nana (Heckel, 1843)
- Name authority
- (Heckel, 1843)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Garra
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCypriniformes
- familyCyprinidae Rafinesque, 1815
- subfamilyLabeoninae Bleeker, 1859
- genusGarra Hamilton, 1822
- speciesGarra nana (Heckel, 1843)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Garra. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Garra abhoyai Hora, 1921 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Garra aethiopica (Pellegrin, 1927) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Garra allostoma Roberts, 1990 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Garra alticaputus Arunachalam, Nandagopal & Mayden, 2013 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Garra annandalei Hora, 1921 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Garra bispinosa Zhang, 2005 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Garra blanfordii (Boulenger, 1901) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Garra cambodgiensis (Tirant, 1883) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Garra ceylonensis Bleeker, 1863 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Garra chaudhurii Hora, 1921 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Garra compressus Kosygin & Vishwanath, 1998 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Garra congoensis Poll, 1959 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Hemigrammocapoeta nana (Heckel, 1843) (Heckel, 1843) | synonym |
| Varicorhinus sauvagei (Lortet, 1883) (Lortet, 1883) | synonym |
| Capoeta sauvagei Lortet, 1883 Lortet, 1883 | synonym |
| Hemigrammocapoeta sauvagei (Lortet, 1883) (Lortet, 1883) | synonym |
| Tylognathus nanus Heckel, 1843 Heckel, 1843 | synonym |
| Tylognathus steinitziorum Kosswig, 1950 Kosswig, 1950 | synonym |
| Tylognatus naenus Heckel, 1843 Heckel, 1843 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1019914 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3FBL9. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.