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Cypriniformes (Carps) >
Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps) > Labeoninae
Etymology: Garra: Name based on a vernacular Indian name (Hamilton, 1822:343, Ref. 1813); a fish living in mud (Ref. 128817); magnarostrum: Name 'magnarostrum' from the Latin word 'magna' and 'rostrum', meaning 'large' and 'snout', in reference to the large snout of the new species. A noun in apposition.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Subtropical
Asia: India.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 13.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 138504)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: absence many small and budding tubercles on the ventral side of the transverse lobe of the snout; a multilobed proboscis on the snout; a long head (27.9% SL); a long snout (63% HL); small eye (13% HL); deep caudal peduncle (14.7% SL); short gular disc (34% HL); 14½ branched pectoral-fin rays; 33 lateral line scales; 11 predorsal scales; and 13 circumpeduncular scales and presence of multicuspid tubercles on the snout (Ref. 138504).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: oval.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Singh, P., A.K. Tudu and S.D. Gurumayum, 2025. Garra magnarostrum, a new species of cyprinid fish (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Brahmaputra River drainage, Northeastern India. Rec. zool. Surv. India 124(3):219-227. (Ref. 138504)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00794 (0.00354 - 0.01782), b=3.04 (2.87 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
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Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |