Garra alticaputus

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Garra alticaputus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Labeoninae
Genus: Garra
Species:
G. alticaputus
Binomial name
Garra alticaputus
Arunachalam, Nandagopal & Mayden, 2013[1]

Garra alticaputus is a species of cyprinid fish in the genus Garra described from the Dikrong River at Boorum village Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, India.[1]

Etymology[edit]

The name alticaputus came from a Latin word which refers to the deep head of the species.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Arunachalam M., Nandagopal S. and Mayden R.L. (2013) Morphological Diagnoses of Garra (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from North- Eastern India with Four New Species Description from Brahmaputra River. Journal of Fisheries and Aquaculture, ISSN 0976-9927 & E-ISSN 0976-9935, Volume 4, Issue 3, pp.-121-138