''Garra tamangi'' is a species of
ray-finned fish in the genus ''
Garra'' described from the
Dikrong River (a
tributary of the
Brahmaputra River
The Brahmaputra is a trans-boundary river which flows through Tibet, northeast India, and Bangladesh. It is also known as the Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibetan, the Siang/Dihang River in Arunachali, Luit in Assamese, and Jamuna River in Bangla. It ...
basin) at Hoj near NHPC complex,
Itanagar,
Papum Pare district,
Arunachal Pradesh,
north eastern India.
Description
''Garra tamangi'' can be distinguished from its
congeners by having roughly- a triangular
proboscis trilobed with two small lobes anteriorly free and a large median lobe anteroventrally tuberculated. Di-,tri-and tetracuspid tubercles on
snout
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.
Etymology
The species is named after
Lakpa Tamang in recognition of his assistance to the authors during the field work in Arunachal Pradesh.
References
Garra
Taxa named by Shantabala Devi Gurumayum
Taxa named by Laishram Kosygin
Fish described in 2016
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