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TITLE: GARRA KALAKADENSIS, A NEW CYPRINID FISH FROM KALAKAD WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT, TAMILNADU
Author: K .Rema Devi
Rec.Zool .Surv .India, 91(2):1992
Abstract

A new species Garra kalakadensis is described from Kalakad Wildlife Sanctuary, Tirunelveli District, TamilNadu and compared with widely distributed G. mullya (Sykes) and the North Indian form G. lamata (Hamilton). Representative specimens from six different altitudes in two localities (N.E. &S.W.) are compared. A key to the species of Garra from peninsular India is given