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Garra jaldhakaensis, a new cyprinid fish (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from West Bengal, India


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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.

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Brahmaputra Basin, Cyprinidae, India, New Species
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Authors

Laishram Kosygin
Zoological Survey of India, Freshwater Fish Section, 27 J.L. Nehru Road, Kolkata − 700016, West Bengal, India
Bungdon Shangningam
Zoological Survey of India, Freshwater Fish Section, 27 J.L. Nehru Road, Kolkata − 700016, West Bengal, India
Pratima Singh
Zoological Survey of India, Freshwater Fish Section, 27 J.L. Nehru Road, Kolkata − 700016, West Bengal, India
Ujjal Das
Zoological Survey of India, Freshwater Fish Section, 27 J.L. Nehru Road, Kolkata − 700016, West Bengal, India

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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DOI: https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi%2Fv121%2Fi3%2F2021%2F158415