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Issue: Vol. 5692 No. 1: 11 Sept. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-09-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.7
Page range: 148-160
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Garra nambashiensis, a new species of labeonine fish from Manipur, India (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)

Department of Zoology; Dhanamanjuri University; Imphal; Manipur; 795 001; India
Department of Zoology; Dhanamanjuri University; Imphal; Manipur; 795 001; India
Department of Zoology; Ghanapriya Women’s College; Dhanamanjuri University; Imphal; Manipur; 795 001; India
Department of Zoology; Ghanapriya Women’s College; Dhanamanjuri University; Imphal; Manipur; 795 001; India
Pisces Proboscis conical tubercles Chindwin Taretlok River North-eastern India

Abstract

Garra nambashiensis, new species, is described from the Taretlok River, a tributary of the Chindwin River in Manipur, North-eastern India. It is distinguished from its congeners in having a quadrate-shaped unilobed proboscis with a row of 7–8 medium-to large-sized conical acanthoid tubercles on anterolateral margin; a prominent transverse lobe bearing 21−23 medium-to large-sized, conical acanthoid tubercles; 34–35 lateral-line scales; a black spot on each side of opercle, immediately anterior to upper angle of gill opening; dorsal fin last branched ray extending beyond anal-fin origin; dorsal-fin base with 8–11 scales; and presence of six distinct narrow black stripes extending to posterior margin of the hypural plate.

 

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How to Cite

Devi, K.B., Abonmai, T., Singh, K.R. & Shangningam, B. (2025) Garra nambashiensis, a new species of labeonine fish from Manipur, India (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Zootaxa, 5692 (1), 148–160. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.7