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| Garra magnarostrum Singh, Tudu & Gurumayum, 2024 |
Abstract
Garra magnarostrum sp. nov. is described from the Ranga River, Brahmaputra River drainage in Arunachal Pradesh, India. It is distinguished from congeners in the Indian sub-continent, Myanmar and China in having (vs. lacking) many small and budding tubercles on the ventral side of the transverse lobe of the snout. It further differs from congeners in having a combination of the following characters: a multilobed proboscis on the snout, a long head, a long snout, small eye, a deep caudal peduncle, a small gular disc, 14½ branched pectoral-fin rays, 33 lateral line scales, 11 predorsal scales, 13 circumpeduncular scales and presence of multicuspid tubercles on the snout.
Keywords: Cyprinidae, India, New Species, Ranga River
Garra magnarostrum sp. nov.
Pratima Singh, Asha Kiran Tudu and Shantabala Devi Gurumayum. 2024. Garra magnarostrum, A New Species of cyprinid fish (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Brahmaputra River drainage, Northeastern India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India. 124(3); 219–227. DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v124/i3/2024/172296
