First Record And Morphometric Evaluation Of Garra Simbalbaraensis (teleostei: Cyprinidae) From Jammu, India

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Authors

  • Bungdon Shangningam
     Zoological Survey of India, Freshwater Fish Section, 27 J. L. Nehru Road, Kolkata-700016, ,IN
  • Shibananda Rath
     Zoological Survey of India, Freshwater Fish Section, 27 J. L. Nehru Road, Kolkata-700016, ,IN
  • Basudhara Roy Chowdhury
     Zoological Survey of India, Freshwater Fish Section, 27 J. L. Nehru Road, Kolkata-700016, ,IN
  • Laishram Kosygin
     Zoological Survey of India, Freshwater Fish Section, 27 J. L. Nehru Road, Kolkata-700016, ,IN

Keywords:

Cyprinidae, Garra, Jammu, New record, Range extension.

Abstract

Garra simbalbaraensisis reported for the first time from Jammu, India. The species was originally described from the Simbalbara River, Himachal Pradesh, India. It is distinguished from other congeners in having a prominent short, thick, unilobed and rounded proboscis, distinctly projecting downwards above the transverse groove; a black spot at the upper angle of the gill opening and 33 lateral line scales. Species status of G. simbalbaraensis is discussed with morphometry, and its distribution is extended from the Simbalbara River in Himachal Pradesh to the tributary of Tawi River, Jammu, India.

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2021-10-22

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Vol 18, No 2 (2021)

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