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First Record And Morphometric Evaluation Of Garra Simbalbaraensis (teleostei: Cyprinidae) From Jammu, India


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Garra simbalbaraensisis reported for the first time from Jammu, India. The species was originally described from the Simbalbara River, Himachal Pradesh, India. It is distinguished from other congeners in having a prominent short, thick, unilobed and rounded proboscis, distinctly projecting downwards above the transverse groove; a black spot at the upper angle of the gill opening and 33 lateral line scales. Species status of G. simbalbaraensis is discussed with morphometry, and its distribution is extended from the Simbalbara River in Himachal Pradesh to the tributary of Tawi River, Jammu, India.

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Cyprinidae, Garra, Jammu, New record, Range extension.
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Authors

Bungdon Shangningam
Zoological Survey of India, Freshwater Fish Section, 27 J. L. Nehru Road, Kolkata-700016,, India
Shibananda Rath
Zoological Survey of India, Freshwater Fish Section, 27 J. L. Nehru Road, Kolkata-700016,, India
Basudhara Roy Chowdhury
Zoological Survey of India, Freshwater Fish Section, 27 J. L. Nehru Road, Kolkata-700016,, India
Laishram Kosygin
Zoological Survey of India, Freshwater Fish Section, 27 J. L. Nehru Road, Kolkata-700016,, India

Abstract


Garra simbalbaraensisis reported for the first time from Jammu, India. The species was originally described from the Simbalbara River, Himachal Pradesh, India. It is distinguished from other congeners in having a prominent short, thick, unilobed and rounded proboscis, distinctly projecting downwards above the transverse groove; a black spot at the upper angle of the gill opening and 33 lateral line scales. Species status of G. simbalbaraensis is discussed with morphometry, and its distribution is extended from the Simbalbara River in Himachal Pradesh to the tributary of Tawi River, Jammu, India.

Keywords


Cyprinidae, Garra, Jammu, New record, Range extension.

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