Garra dohjei, a new species of labeonine fish (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from Meghalaya, India
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Garra dohjei, a new labeonine fish with transverse lobe and incipient proboscis is described from the Ñiangdai, a tributary of the Brahmaputra River, Meghalaya, India. The new species is distinguished from its congeners with transverse lobe and incipient proboscis, in having a well-developed transverse lobe with around 9-12 minute tubercles, deep transverse groove between transverse lobe and incipient proboscis, black spot immediately anterior to upper angle of gill opening, 5-6 dark black stripes on caudal peduncle, 33-35 lateral line scales, 9-10 predorsal scales, 16-circumpeduncular scales, 15 branched pectoral-fin rays, and total vertebrae 33.
Source: Zootaxa
Institution: Assam Don Bosco University
Language: English
Subfield: Aquatic Science
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4402467162