Garra tibanica is in the Labeoninae subfamily, within the Cyprinidae family, under the class of Actinopterygii (known as a diverse taxonomic group of fish).
Actinopterygii (/ktnptrdia/) (New Latin, actino- ("having rays") + Ancient Greek  (pterux, "wing, fins")), members of which are known as ray-finned fishes, is a clade (traditionally class or subclass) of the bony fishes. 
