A New Species of the Genus Garra Hamilton, 1822 from the Chindwin Basin of Manipur, India (Teleostei: Cyprinidae: Labeoninae) | Zendy

Bungdon Shangningam | Zendy; Waikhom Vishwanath | Zendy

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A New Species of the Genus Garra Hamilton, 1822 from the Chindwin Basin of Manipur, India (Teleostei: Cyprinidae: Labeoninae)

Author(s) -

Bungdon Shangningam,

Waikhom Vishwanath

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

isrn zoology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2090-5238

pISSN - 2090-522X

DOI - 10.5402/2012/325064

Subject(s) - teleostei , cyprinidae , snout , dorsal fin , biology , anatomy , dorsum , structural basin , fish <actinopterygii> , zoology , fishery , paleontology

Garra namyaensis sp. nov., a new cyprinid fish, is described from the Chindwin River basin in Manipur, India. It is distinguished from its congeners in having a unique combination of the following characters: smoothly rounded snout tip with a prominent rostral lobe, chest and abdominal region with scales, dorsal fin with a black band near the posterior margin, and caudal fin with a distinct W-shaped black band.

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