Garra lissorhynchus (McClelland, 1842)

Sinha, Bikramjit, 2019, Ichthyofauna of Lower Subansiri district, Arunachal Pradesh w. s. r. to Ranga River, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 119 (2) : -

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v119/i2/2019/142748
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scientific name	Garra lissorhynchus (McClelland, 1842)
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21. Garra lissorhynchus (McClelland, 1842) View in CoL

1842. Platycara lissorhynchus McClelland, Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. , 2 (8): 587. Pl. 18, Figure 2 (type locality, Kasyah [Khasi] Hills, Meghalaya, India) .

1868. Discognathus macrochir Günther, Cat. Fish. British Mus., 7: 70.

1870. Mayoa modesta Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. London , 3: 553.

Common name(s): Khasi Garra .

Material examined: ZSI/ V / APRC / P-781 , 16 exs. ,

39.0 to 60.8 mm, Pipik stream, 15 km on Tamen-Lakhimpur new road, Tamen , Lower Subansiri district , Arunachal Pradesh, 14.vi.2013, B. Sinha & party; ZSI/ V / APRC / P-799 , 6 exs., 46.61 to 67.26 mm, Kelle river , Ziro, Lower Subansiri district , Arunachal Pradesh, 08.vi.2013, B. Sinha & party; ZSI/ V / APRC / P-805 , 13 exs., 33.04 to

40.02 mm, Pein stream, Tamen, Lower Subansiri district, Arunachal Pradesh, 09.ix.2012, B. Sinha & party.

Distribution: INDIA: Arunachal Pradesh-Lower Subansiri, Papumpare, Tirap; Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland. Elsewhere: Afganisthan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Iran, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan.

Habit and Habitat: Freshwater. Inhabits hills stream with rocky bed.

Remarks: Endemic to India (northeastern India). New record for the district.

IUCN Status: Least Concern