Olyra longicaudata (McClelland, 1842)
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https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v118/i2/2018/129065 |
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Olyra longicaudata (McClelland, 1842) |
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14. Olyra longicaudata (McClelland, 1842) View in CoL
1842. Olyra longicaudata McClelland, Calcutta. J. Nat. Hist. , 2: 588, fig.1 (Type locality: Khasi Hills , Meghalaya) .
Common name: Himalayan Olyra
Material examined: 01 Ex. (Regd. No. V/APFS/P 509), Portung forest, DWS, 13.02.09.
Distribution within NE: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Tripura. Distribution within Arunachal Pradesh: All major drainages of Arunachal Pradesh.
Special remarks: Its status is not evaluated at the national level but it is found in abundance in Arunachal Pradesh. It was collected from a small flowing rocky stream inside a dense forest near Berung village . It can be identified by the presence of four pairs of barbels and the maxillary pair reaches up to ventral fin base and the nasal pair reaches beyond orbit; forked caudal fin, upper lobe longer than lower .
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