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== Taxonomy ==
== Taxonomy ==
A 2021 study found ''G. mullya'' to be the [[Sister group|sister species]] to the [[Ceylon logsucker|stone sucker]] (''G. ceylonensis'') from [[Sri Lanka]], with the ancestor of ''G. ceylonensis'' originating in India and colonizing Sri Lanka during the late [[Pliocene]]. The study also found ''G. mullya'' to comprise two genetically distinct [[Parapatric speciation|parapatric]] [[Clade|clades]], which may represent two distinct species.<ref name=":02">{{Cite journal|last=Sudasinghe|first=Hiranya|last2=Dahanukar|first2=Neelesh|last3=Raghavan|first3=Rajeev|last4=Senavirathna|first4=Tharani|last5=Shewale|first5=Dipeshwari J.|last6=Paingankar|first6=Mandar S.|last7=Amarasinghe|first7=Anjalie|last8=Pethiyagoda|first8=Rohan|last9=Rüber|first9=Lukas|last10=Meegaskumbura|first10=Madhava|title=Island colonization by a ‘rheophilic’ fish: the phylogeography of Garra ceylonensis (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in Sri Lanka|url=https://academic.oup.com/biolinnean/advance-article/doi/10.1093/biolinnean/blaa221/6132423|journal=Biological Journal of the Linnean Society|language=en|doi=10.1093/biolinnean/blaa221|doi-access=free}}</ref>
A 2021 study found ''G. mullya'' to be the [[Sister group|sister species]] to the [[Ceylon logsucker|stone sucker]] (''G. ceylonensis'') from [[Sri Lanka]], with the ancestor of ''G. ceylonensis'' originating in India and colonizing Sri Lanka during the late [[Pliocene]]. The study also found ''G. mullya'' to comprise two genetically distinct [[Parapatric speciation|parapatric]] [[clade]]s, which may represent two distinct species.<ref name=":02">{{Cite journal|last=Sudasinghe|first=Hiranya|last2=Dahanukar|first2=Neelesh|last3=Raghavan|first3=Rajeev|last4=Senavirathna|first4=Tharani|last5=Shewale|first5=Dipeshwari J.|last6=Paingankar|first6=Mandar S.|last7=Amarasinghe|first7=Anjalie|last8=Pethiyagoda|first8=Rohan|last9=Rüber|first9=Lukas|last10=Meegaskumbura|first10=Madhava|title=Island colonization by a ‘rheophilic’ fish: the phylogeography of Garra ceylonensis (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in Sri Lanka|url=https://academic.oup.com/biolinnean/advance-article/doi/10.1093/biolinnean/blaa221/6132423|journal=Biological Journal of the Linnean Society|language=en|doi=10.1093/biolinnean/blaa221|doi-access=free}}</ref>


== Distribution ==
== Distribution ==
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