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Issue: Vol. 4244 No. 3: 21 Mar. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-03-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4244.3.5
Page range: 367–376
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Garra clavirostris, a new cyprinid fish (Teleostei: Cyprinidae: Labeoninae) from the Brahmaputra drainage, India 

Department of Life Sciences, Manipur University, Canchipur ̶ 795003, Manipur India.
Haflong Government College, Haflong, Dima Hasao, Assam- 788819.
Department of Life Sciences, Manipur University, Canchipur ̶ 795003, Manipur India.
Pisces New labeonine Cyprinidae Assam Brahmaputra drainage

Abstract

Garra clavirostris, a new cyprinid fish, is described from the Dilaima River, a tributary of the Brahmaputra in the Dima Hasao district, Assam. The new species is distinguished from all its congeners in northeast India in having a combination of the following characters: a prominent unilobed club-shaped proboscis overhanging the depressed rostral surface, with 5–9 medium to large uni- to multi-cuspid tubercles on the anterior margin and 5–6 uni- to multi-cuspid tubercles on the anteroventral marginal aspect; a prominent transverse lobe on the snout, with 17−25 small- to large-sized multicuspid tubercles; and presence of a black spot at the upper angle of the gill opening.

 

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