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| Garra jaldhakaensis Kosygin, Shangningam, Singh & Das, 2021 |
Abstract
Garra jaldhakaensis sp. nov. (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) is described from the Jaldhaka River, Kalimpong district, West Bengal, India. The new species is distinguished from all its congeners in the Indian sub-continent in having a combination of the following characters: a prominent thick unilobed proboscis, protruding downward above the transverse groove; 10–11 predorsal scales, 33 lateral line scales and 16 circumpeduncular scales.
Keywords: Brahmaputra Basin, Cyprinidae, India, New Species
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| Garra jaldhakaensis sp. nov., holotype showing a. Snout; b oromandibular morphology |
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| Garra jaldhakaensis sp. nov., holotype, a. dorsal, b. lateral, c. ventral view. |
Garra jaldhakaensis sp. nov.
Diagnosis: Garra jaldhakaensis sp. nov., a member
of the proboscis and transverse lobe species group,
is distinguished from all congeners in the Ganga-Brahmaputra River drainage in having the following
combination of characters: snout with a prominent
tuberculated unilobed proboscis protruding downward
above the transverse groove and transverse lobe
covered with 16–25 medium-to large-sized multicuspid
tubercles; 10–11 predorsal scales, 33 lateral line scales, 16
circumpeduncular scales, scaled chest and belly.
Distribution: Garra jaldhakaensis sp. nov. is presently
known only from the type locality Jaldhaka River near
Jhalong, Kalimpong district, West Bengal, India.
Etymology: The species is named after the type locality,
Jaldhaka River, West Bengal, India.
Laishram Kosygin, Bungdon Shangningam, Pratima Singh and Ujjal Das. 2021. Garra jaldhakaensis, A New Cyprinid Fish (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from West Bengal, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India: A Journal of Indian Zoology [Rec. zool. Surv. India]. 121(3); 325–331. DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v121/i3/2021/158415
