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Hara nareshi, a New Species of Catfish (Pisces:Erethistidae) from the Barak River System of Assam, India


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1 Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Sector-V, Salt Lake City, Kolkata – 700 091, India
2 Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata – 700 016, West Bengal, India
 

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Fishes of the genus Hara Blyth belonging to the family Erethistidae are characterised in having a robust body, moderate gill opening and extend onto venter, anterior margin of pectoral spine with serrations point towards tip and arranged in outwardly directed, anterior margin of dorsal spine smooth to granulate, upper lip papillate, anal fin rays 8-12 and thorax with no adhesive apparatus (Hora, 1949, Thomson and Page, 2006).
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  • Hara nareshi, a New Species of Catfish (Pisces:Erethistidae) from the Barak River System of Assam, India

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B. K. Mahapatra
Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Sector-V, Salt Lake City, Kolkata – 700 091, India
S. Kar
Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata – 700 016, West Bengal, India

Abstract


Fishes of the genus Hara Blyth belonging to the family Erethistidae are characterised in having a robust body, moderate gill opening and extend onto venter, anterior margin of pectoral spine with serrations point towards tip and arranged in outwardly directed, anterior margin of dorsal spine smooth to granulate, upper lip papillate, anal fin rays 8-12 and thorax with no adhesive apparatus (Hora, 1949, Thomson and Page, 2006).


DOI: https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi.v115i1.168493