First Record of Garra triangularis from Madhya Pradesh, India
Shibananda Rath
Freshwater Fish Section, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata (W.B.), India.
Atul Pandey
Aquatic Toxicology Lab, Zoology Department, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, (Central University) Amarkantak, Madhya Prades, 484887, India.
Asha Kiran Tudu
Freshwater Fish Section, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata (W.B.), India.
Rekha Rani *
Aquatic Toxicology Lab, Zoology Department, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, (Central University) Amarkantak, Madhya Prades, 484887, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Garra triangularis Shangningam et al. [1] has been reported first from the Sakartod River at Khanvel, Dadra & Nagar Haveli (UT), Western ghats, and then from Gajapati district of Odisha, Eastern Ghat. The present study reports it for the first time from Madhya Pradesh. The present specimen agrees with all the morphometric and meristic counts of the species, including the snout shape and the structure of tubercles on the proboscis. G. triangularis has a new distribution record from the State of Madhya Pradesh in India.
Keywords: Freshwater fish, Lebeoninae, Madhya Pradesh