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

Laishram Kosygin; Bungdon Shangningam; Pratima Singh; Ujjal Das

doi:10.26515/rzsi/v121/i3/2021/158415

Vol 121, No 3 (2021)
Pages: 325–331
Published: 2021-09-29
https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi%2Fv121%2Fi3%2F2021%2F158415

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

Laishram Kosygin , Bungdon Shangningam , Pratima Singh , Ujjal Das

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1 Zoological Survey of India, Freshwater Fish Section, 27 J.L. Nehru Road, Kolkata − 700016, 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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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology

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

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

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