A new fish species of genus Garra (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from Nagaland, India

Abstract

A species of the genus Garra is described from the Langlung River, Brahmaputra basin, Nagaland, India. The new species is distinguished from its congeners in having weakly-developed unilobed proboscis, a distinct transverse lobe with 8-12 small sized unicuspid acanthoid tubercles, 30-32 lateral line scales, and 13-15 circumpeduncular scales.