Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 8; Anal soft rays: 5. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following characters: a member of the proboscis and transverse lobe species group, is distinguished from all congeners in the GangaBrahmaputra River drainage in having the following combination of characters: snout with a prominent tuberculated unilobed proboscis protruding downward above the transverse groove and transverse lobe covered with 16-25 medium-to large-sized multicuspid tubercles; predorsal scales 10-11, lateral line scales 33, circumpeduncular scales 16; chest and belly scaled (Ref. 125432).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cypriniformes

Family: Cyprinidae

Genus: Garra

Species: Garra jaldhakaensis Kosygin, Shangningam, Singh & Das, 2021

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

benthopelagic