Description

This species is distinguished from all its congeners in the Ganga-Brahmaputra River drainage in having a roughly a triangular proboscis, trilobed with two small lobes anteriorly free and a large median lobe antero ventrally tuberculated; di-,tri-and tetracuspid tubercles on snout; pectoral-fin branched rays 13-14; lateral line scales 33-34; predorsal scales 10-11; head length 24.8- 27.9% SL; snout length 56-98% HL; eye diameter 14-19% HL; mental disc length 39-41% HL, its width 53-59% HL; central callous pad length 22-27% HL, width 29-34% HL; transverse scale rows above lateral line 4, between lateral line and pelvic-fin origin 2½ (Ref. 110172).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cypriniformes

Family: Cyprinidae

Genus: Garra

Species: Garra tamangi Gurumayum & Kosygin, 2016

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

The habitat consists of medium to large dark to grayish brown boulders irregularly placed, with pebbles, cobbles, concrete in certain places and heavy sand deposits somewhere near banks. The river banks consist of shrubs, small trees, and larger trees somewhere, with the river water clear and cool. Associated fish collected in the type locality belongs to genus Bangana, Labeo, Barilius, Devario and Chagunius (Ref. 110172).

Habitat

benthopelagic