Fish diversity of the Vatrak stream, Sabarmati River system, Rajasthan Author Banyal, Harinder Singh Author Kumar, Sanjeev text Records of the Zoological Survey of India 2017 2017-12-01 117 3 214 214 http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i3/2017/120965 journal article 294089 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i3/2017/120965 6b8497a3-6177-4392-8cc1-f7ab442909e1 2581-8686 10956032 4. Garra gotyla (Gray, 1830) 1832. Cyprinus gotyla Gray, Illustr. Indian Zool . , 1: pl. 88, figs 3, 3a, (type-locality: Northern India ); Hora, 1921, Rec. Indian M us., 22 (5): 653 (Status discussed). 1964. Garra gotyla gotyla , Menon, Mem. Indian Mus. , 14 (4): 233, pl. 13, figs 1 -4. Common Names: Sucker head Material examined: 1 ex. , Vatrak stream near Jethola Village , Dungarpur , Rajasthan , 15.iii.2014 , coll. H. S. Banyal , Reg No. V/3176 . Diagnostic characters: D iii 7-8; A ii 5; P i14; V i 8 Body elongated its depth 3.7 to 4.5 times in standard length. Snout consists of a well-built median proboscis and an oblique lobe at tip; free edge of proboscis, diagonal lobe and adjacent sides of head in front of nostrils is covered with numerous big prickly tubercles. Mouth arched; mental disc well-developed. Barbels two pairs; lateral line with 34 scales. Geographical Distribution: India : all along the Himalaya, Chota Nagpur plateau and the Vindhya-Satpura mountains of the Indian peninsula. Coloration: In live specimen back is dark brown & flanks & belly are light pink, a dark spot is present behind upper angle of gill-opening & dark spots are present along base of dorsal fin. Remarks: This species can be easily distinguished by the presence of a well-developed median proboscis without any lateral lobes on the snout. This species is of minor interest to fisheries.