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6 Age The species Garra rufa can live up to 7 years (Coad, 2013). Sexual Dimorphism Large males become heavily tuberculate on the front and sides of the snout and in a band from the eye to the nostril and across to the other nostril and eye. A deep, tubercle-free groove is apparent between the upper band of tubercles through the nostrils and the tubercles on the snout above the mouth. The newly discovered Palestine Doctor Fish subspecies Garra rufa wadiqana Khalaf, 2013 at Ain Al Basa Spring, Wadi Qana Nature Reserve, Salfit Governorate, State of Palestine. Photo by: Ola Mostafa Khalaf. 08.07.2013. http://www.flickr.com/photos/50022881@N00/9500749723/ Reproduction Sexual maturity at 2-3 years, 10 cm in length and a weight of 50 g in Iraqi fish. Spawning took place in May and June with eggs deposited on vegetation and rocks with a relative fecundity up to 542 eggs/g. (Coad, 2013). Ovaries increased Gazelle : The Palestinian Biological Bulletin – Number 103 – July 2013

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