Garra kalpangi

Garra kalpangi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Cypriniformes
Family:Cyprinidae
Subfamily:Labeoninae
Genus:Garra
Species: G. kalpangi
Binomial name
Garra kalpangi
( Nebeshwar, Bagra & D.N. Das, 2012)[1]

Garra kalpangi is a species of cyprinid fish in the genus Garra which is described from the Kalpangi River at Yachuli (Brahmaputra River system), Lower Subansiri District, Arunachal Pradesh, India.[1]

Description

The species is closely similar to G. gravelyi, G. rotundinasus and G.elongata in having a shared character i.e. a weakly developed proboscis.[1]

Etymology

Name is given as noun in apposition after the name of the River Kalpangi.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Nebeshwar, K., K. Bagra & D.N. Das (2012). Garra kalpangi, a new cyprinid fish species (Pisces: Teleostei) from upper Brahmaputra basin in Arunachal Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 4(2): 2353–2362.


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