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

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Sophiya Ezung
Bungdon Shangningam
Pranay Punj Pankaj

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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.

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