<i>Garra magnarostrum</i>, a new species of cyprinid fish (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Brahmaputra River drainage, Northeastern India
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.
Authors
- Pratima Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3785-3918)
- Asha Kiran Tudu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6354-0999)
- Shantabala Devi Gurumayum (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0917-8158)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Records of the Zoological Survey of India
- Published
- 2025-01-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v124/i3/2024/172296
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.27