Barilius arunachalensis Nath et al. 2010

Dam, Debashree & Kumar, Anil, 2018, Fish Fauna of D’ering Memorial Wildlife Sanctuary and adjacent areas, Arunachal Pradesh, India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (2), pp. 162-162 : 162-

10. Barilius arunachalensis Nath et al. 2010

2010. Barilius arunachalensis Nath et al. 2010 . Rec. zool. Surv. India, pp. 19-33.

( Type locality: Agari river mouth, D’Ering Wildlife Sanctuary , Arunachal Pradesh)

Common Name: Yet to be named

Material examined: 04 Exs. (Reg. No. APFS/ZSI/P-503), Agari river mouth, DWS, 07.10.08.

Distribution within NE: Arunachal Pradesh and possibly in Assam. Distribution within Arunachal Pradesh: Siang River and tributaries.

Special Remarks: It was found in the streams of Siang River.It has rough tubercles, prominent on snout &lower jaw.Barbels were absent and snout was deeply humped. Lateral line scales were incomplete and ceases at the 35th scale. Dorsal fin extends to 3rd ray of Anal. Scales were large, cycloid and with oval spots at the dorsal side & diamond shaped spots at the ventral surface and lateral line scales with single large spots and a few bilobed spots. Two broad bands were present with 'V' shaped on each side, behind gill opening.