rufa

• “Garra rufa, also known as the "doctor fish," exfoliate hands, ankles, calves and feet.”

  The Washington Post: 'Doctor fish' nibble at hands and feet to smooth skin at spa in Beirut

• “The flood plains are dominated by Hyparrhenia rufa.”

  Comoé National Park, Côte d'Ivoire

• “Ho was skeptical at first about the fish, which are called garra rufa but typically known as doctor fish.”

  Carp-pet cleaners

• “Introduced grasses for pasture such as Hyparrhenia rufa compete with native savanna species.”

  Maranhão Babaçu forests

• “Predominant grassland species include perennials such as Vossia cuspidata, Echinochloa stagnina, Jardinea congoensis, Setaria anceps, Hyparrhenia rufa, and Eragrostis sp., their distributions depending on the duration and depth of seasonal flooding.”

  Manovo-Gounda-St Floris National Park, Central African Republic

• “Formicivora grantsaui occurs on rocky outcrops in the campo rupestre and F. rufa in the adjacent savannas.”

  Archive 2007-10-01

• “First observed in 1997, it is closely related to Rusty-backed Antwren Formicivora rufa, with which it sometimes occurs sympatrically.”

  Archive 2007-10-01

• “From Turkey, the practice spread throughout Asia, employing garra rufa, toe-size carp that live in warm water, have no teeth and, according to those in the business, like to suck off dead skin.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Ban on Feet-Nibbling Fish Leaves Nail Salons on the Hook

• “Of course, counting myself among folks who care for both our good foot looks as well as our eco footprint, I've gotta wonder about those Turkish doctor fish, or Garra rufa, who must dine on soggy epidermis bits in a pool of water that no doubt gets pretty saturated with lotions and toxic nail polish products.”

  Jeanie Pyun: Fish Pedicures: Next New Thing, Gross Gimmick, or Both?

• “Of the insect fauna, 27 species are included in the Red Data Book of the Russian Federation, including Forficula vicaria*, Diestrammena unicolor*, Carabus schrenckii*, Pyrocaelia rufa*, Bombus spp*.,”

  Central Sikhote-Alin, Russian Federation

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