Publications by authors named "Narengbam Roni"

A new species of Garra with a rostral proboscis is described from the Barak River drainage in Manipur, India. Garra paratrilobata, new species, is distinguished from its congeners in having the combination of the following characters: a prominent trilobed proboscis, the median lobe with 5-7 uni- to tricuspid tubercles on its anterior margin and 4-6 minute tubercles on its anteroventral margin; lateral lobe of the proboscis with 3-4 minute tubercles; lateral surface of the snout lobular, with 6-9 tubercles; 33-34 lateral-line scales; and the rostral surface concave, creased and depressed.

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Garra substrictorostris, a new labeonine species, is described from the Barak River drainage in Manipur, India. It is distinguished from its congeners by the combination of the following characters: a prominent unilobed antrorse proboscis, with 3-5 medium to large multicuspid tubercles on its anterior margin; 4-6 multicuspid tubercles on its anteroventral margin; a prominent transverse lobe with 14-20 multicuspid tubercles; the lateral surface of the snout slightly elevated, lobular with 7-11 small tubercles; 5½ transverse scale rows above the lateral line and 3½ or 4½ scale rows between lateral line and anal-fin origin.

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Garra clavirostris, a new cyprinid fish, is described from the Dilaima River, a tributary of the Brahmaputra in the Dima Hasao district, Assam. The new species is distinguished from all its congeners in northeast India in having a combination of the following characters: a prominent unilobed club-shaped proboscis overhanging the depressed rostral surface, with 5-9 medium to large uni- to multi-cuspid tubercles on the anterior margin and 5-6 uni- to multi-cuspid tubercles on the anteroventral marginal aspect; a prominent transverse lobe on the snout, with 17-25 small- to large-sized multicuspid tubercles; and presence of a black spot at the upper angle of the gill opening.

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