There are a lots of fake Garra rufa in the market. So, which one is the real doctor fish? How is the real G. rufa looks like? What is the main character of G. rufa?
This is the REAL Garra rufa. The original doctor fish from Turkey!
-dorsal fin base got 4-5 dark spots.
-caudal spot more likes vertical bar.
-body got no stripe but with darkly mottled pattern.
Fake doctor fish -- Garra gotlya
-dorsal fin base got no spot.
-caudal spot is rounded.
-body got no stripe.
Fake doctor fish -- Garra ceylonensis
-dorsal fin base got no spot.
-caudal spot is rounded.
-body got stripe.
G. rufa -- the adhesive disc is well developed with a free anterior margin.
G. gotlya & G. ceylonensis -- the adhesive disc is weakly developed without a free anterior margin.
