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Title: Species of Garra (Cyprinidae: Labeoninae) in the Salween River basin with description of an enigmatic new species from the Ataran River drainage of Thailand and Myanmar
Garra panitvongi, new species, is described from the Ataran River drainage, Salween River basin, of southeastern Myanmar and western Thailand. It is the sixth species of Garra known from the Salween River basin and is readily distinguished from all congeners by the red-orange color of the body and caudal fin, and a pointed proboscis with a blue stripe on each side from the anterior margin of the orbit to the tip of the proboscis and with the stripes forming a V-shape. Garra panitvongi is known in the aquarium trade as the Redtail Garra. Descriptive information is provided on poorly known species of Garra in the Salween River basin, and Garra nujiangensis is transferred to Ageneiogarra.   more » « less
Award ID(s):
1839915
PAR ID:
10478036
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Zootaxa
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Zootaxa
Volume:
5311
Issue:
3
ISSN:
1175-5326
Page Range / eLocation ID:
375 to 392
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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