Volume 25, Issue 76, July - December, 2024

Garra phewakholaensis, a new species of stone sucker from Nepal (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae)

Jash H Limbu^1,2♦, Dipak Rajbanshi^1,2, Mohsan Raza¹

¹College of Fisheries and Life Science, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
²Biological Research and Conservation Center (BRCC), Damak, Jhapa, Koshi Province, Nepal

^♦Corresponding Author
College of fisheries and Life Science, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China, Biological Research and Conservation Center (BRCC), Damak, Jhapa, Koshi Province, Nepal

ABSTRACT

Garra phewakholaensis sp. nov., is described from Phewakhola stream near Gajurmukhidham, Mangsebung Rural Municipality, Ilam district, Nepal. It is a member of smooth snouted group. Garra phewakholaensis sp. nov., is distinguished from its congeners by the following combination of characters: snout is smoothly rounded at the tip, with the head being moderately large and slightly depressed. The lateral surface of the snout lacks tubercles between the anterior barbel and the anterior eye margin. The mouth is broader than the snout length. The lateral line is fully developed, consisting of 35–36 scales; four transverse scales above the lateral line and 14 circumpeduncular scale rows. The predorsal region contains 11 regularly arranged scales. Both the chest and abdomen exhibit deeply embedded scales. The torus width is 106.3–129.0% of the disc length, with a width to length ratio of 6.6– 10.5.

Keywords: Freshwater fish diversity, gular disc, labeonini, morphology

Species, 2024, 25(76), e45s1731

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi.v25i76.e45s1731

Published: 16 October 2024