Aborichthys elongatus Hora, 1921

Sinha, Bikramjit, 2019, Ichthyofauna of Lower Subansiri district, Arunachal Pradesh w. s. r. to Ranga River, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 119 (2) : -

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scientific name	Aborichthys elongatus Hora, 1921
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44. Aborichthys elongatus Hora, 1921 View in CoL 1921. Aborichthys elongatus Hora, Rec. Indian Mus., 22: 735

( type locality: Reang river , Darjeeling Himalayas, India,

elevation 2000 feet).

1987. Noemacheilus elongatus Menon, Fauna of India ( Pisces, Cobitoidea, Homalopteridae : Noemachellidae). Zool. Surv. India, 4: 184, Figure 6, pl. 7.

Local Name(s): Reibo (Nyishi & Adi)

Material examined: ZSI/ V / APFS / P-202 , 9 exs., 56.9 to

84.8 mm, Subansiri River, Tale WLS, Lower Subansiri district , Arunachal Pradesh, 11.iii.2003, P. T. Bhutia .

Distribution: INDIA: Arunachal Pradesh-Lower Subansiri, Tirap, East Kameng, Papumpare, East Siang, Lower Dibang Valley, Lohit; Assam, Darjeeling Himalayas, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Not known.

Habit and Habitat: Freshwater, demersal. Inhabit streams with pebbly bottom, most likely in clear oxygenrich water.

Remarks: Endemic to India. New record for the district.

IUCN Status: Least Concern