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Subordinated taxa
Number of records: 4

subspecies Garra rufa obtusa (Heckel, 1843)

subspecies Garra rufa rufa (Heckel, 1843) subspecies Garra rufa turcica Karaman M. S., 1971 subspecies Garra rufa wadiqana Khalaf, 2013 - Palestine Doctor Fish

BioLib.cz.Biological Library Classification. http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id147650/

Acknowledgements: A Special thanks is due to the Palestinian Botanist Mr.
Banan Al Sheikh who showed me Wadi Qana Nature Reserve, and to my wife Ola Mostafa Khalaf and my daughter Nora Norman Ali Khalaf, who both assisted me with the shooting of the photos for this scientific article, and for sharing with me the field trip to Wadi Qana, and gave me the opportunity to discover a new Palestinian Doctor Fish Subspecies.

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