The described species is unique among African Garra in possession of 2 simple and 13 branched rays on the pectoral fin and 1 simple and 8 branched rays on the pelvic fin.
Habteselassie, R., Mikschi, E., Ahnelt, H. и Waidbacher, H. в Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie B, 111: 43–53.