| Garo spineless eel | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| 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
- Devi, R.; Boguskaya, N. (2009). "Garo khajuriai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T166489A6220119. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T166489A6220119.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- Catalogueoflife.org
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Garo khajuriai". FishBase.
- 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.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Garo khajuriai | |
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