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

'Doctor fish' nibble at hands and feet to smooth skin at spa in Beirut Post 2011

The flood plains are dominated by Hyparrhenia rufa.

Comoé National Park, Côte d'Ivoire 2009

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

'Doctor fish' nibble at hands and feet to smooth skin at spa in Beirut Post 2011

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

'Doctor fish' nibble at hands and feet to smooth skin at spa in Beirut Post 2011

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

Carp-pet cleaners 2008

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

Maranhão Babaçu forests 2008

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

Archive 2007-10-01 2007

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

Archive 2007-10-01 2007

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.

Ban on Feet-Nibbling Fish Leaves Nail Salons on the Hook 2009

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 2009