Catherine Ngangbam

• Doctor of Philosophy
• PhD scholar at Dhanamanjuri University

Garra lungongza sp. nov., is described from the Dei-thung Shumang River, Nagaland. It belongs to the member of "smooth snout" group. It differs from its congeners in having the following characteristics: head strongly depressed; snout tip with 23-34 rounded hollow pits; Gular disc elliptical; torus crescentic; labellum covered by lateral distal mar...

Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) on the associated structures of mouth of Psilorhynchus ngathanu and Garra abhoyai has been carried out. SEM structures of mouth parts of P. ngathanu reveal the presence of elongate and pointed tubercles on the rostral cap. Papillae studded with unculi and taste buds are seen along with numerous mucus. In G. abhoya...

A new species of the genus Garra is described from the Chalou River in Manipur, northeastern India. The new species, Garra chingaiensis, belongs to the "proboscis with a transverse lobe species group". It further belongs to the unilobed proboscis group and can be distinguished from its congeners in having a combination of the following characters:...

The present work is a result of a Preliminary survey on the fish diversity of two major rivers of Arunachal Pradesh i.e Siang river and Lohit river at Pasighat and Tezu. A total of 24 species belonging to 5 families of Cyprinidae, Siluridae, Sisoridae, Belonidae and Bagridae were collected. Among them, Barilius, Garra, Tariqilabeo, Glyptothorax wer...