| Garra kalpangi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Labeoninae |
| Genus: | Garra |
| Species: | G. kalpangi |
| Binomial name | |
| Garra kalpangi (Nebeshwar Sharma, Bagra & D. N. Das, 2012) | |
Garra kalpangi is a species of cyprinid fish in the genus Garra which is described from the Kalpangi River at Yachuli (Brahmaputra River system), Lower Subansiri District, Arunachal Pradesh, India.
Description
The species is closely similar to G. gravelyi, G. rotundinasus and G.elongata in having a shared character i.e. a weakly developed proboscis. This species reaches a length of 7.2 cm (2.8 in).
Etymology
Name is given as noun in apposition after the name of the River Kalpangi.
References
- ^ Nebeshwar, K., K. Bagra & D.N. Das (2012). Garra kalpangi, a new cyprinid fish species (Pisces: Teleostei) from upper Brahmaputra basin in Arunachal Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 4(2): 2353–2362.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Garra kalpangi". FishBase. February 2015 version.
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