Description

This species is distinguished from its congeners (with well developed transverse lobe and proboscis) by the following characters: with bilobed proboscis; with a moderate to large unicuspid acanthoid tubercle at the end of each lobe; lateral line scales 36-37; last branched ray of pelvic fin reaching to or exceeding posterior margin of anus, the anus to anal-fin distance 36-37% of pelvic-anal distance; transverse lobe with 14-21 conspicuous small to large unicuspid acanthoid tubercles; predorsal scales 11-12; transverse scale rows above the lateral line 3½ (Ref. 119513).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cypriniformes

Family: Cyprinidae

Genus: Garra

Species: Garra ranganensis Tamang, Sinha, Abujam & Kumar, 2019

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Inhabits medium to large dark to grayish brown boulders along the river banks with heavy sand deposits. The river with cool and clear, fast to moderate running water, the bed consists of flat boulders, pebbles, cobbles covered by slime algae, and somewhere heavy sand deposits. The river banks and uphill with small to large trees and shrubs. Associated species collected at the type locality includes Garra kalpangi, Tor putitora, Neolissochilus hexagonolepis, Barilius bendelisis, Schizothorax richardsonii, Chagunius chagunio, Aborichthys cataracta, Psilorhynchus balitora, and Schistura sp. (Ref. 119513).

Habitat

benthopelagic