Discognathus lamta is a Misapplied Synonym of Garra gotyla and also a Valid Name or Synonym of another species as well.

Garra gotyla (Gray, 1830)

Sucker Head - Ghar Poia - Native Fish - Wild (Freshwater)

Systematic Position: [2]

Kingdom	:	Animalia
Phylum	:	Chordata
Class	:	Teleostei
Order	:	Cypriniformes
Family	:	Cyprinidae
Genus	:	Garra
Species	:	Garra gotyla

Common Names:

English	:	Sucker Head[729] Goytala[729] Gotyla[6]
Bangla	:	Ghar Poia[5]

Synonyms:

Cyprinus gotyla Gray, 1830
Garra gotyla gotyla (Gray, 1830)
Gara gotyla gotyla (Gray, 1830)
Discognathus kangrae Prashad, 1919 Jan
Discognathus jerdoni kangrae (Prashad, 1919 Jan)
Garra kangrae (Prashad, 1919 Jan)
Garra montisalsi Hora, 1921 Dec
Cyprinus lamta (Non Hamilton, 1822)
Discognathus lamta (Non Hamilton, 1822)

Maximum Length and Weight:

14 (TL) ^[6]

Inter-Length Relationship:

Head length : Total length : Standard length = 1 : 4.5-4.8 : 3.6-3.8 ^[5]
Body height : Total length : Standard length = 1 : 5.3-5.5 : 4.3-3.5 ^[5]
Eye Diameter : Snout length = 1 : 5.3-5.5 ^[5]
Eye Diameter : Snout length = 1 : 2.2-2.5 ^[5]
Eye Diameter : Inter orbial width = 1 : 2-2.5 ^[5]

Taxonomic Formula:

D. 10(2/8); P₁. 15; P₂. 9; A. 7(2/5) ^{[Rahman, 2005]}
D iii 7-8; A ii 5; P i 14; V i 8 ^{[Talwar and Jhingran, 1991]}

Scales:

32 scales on lateral line. 9 scales before dorsal fin base. 3.5 scales between origin of pelvic fin and lateral line. [5]

Chemistry:

Data not available

Conservation Status:

Global	:	Least Concern (LC)	(Version 3.1) [513]
Bangladesh	:	Endangered (EN)	(Version 3.1) [207]

Occurrence/Distribution:

Global	:	Afghanistan[825] Bangladesh[70] Bhutan[847] India[37] Myanmar[742] Nepal[134] Pakistan[741]
Bangladesh	:	Sunamganj haor region, Sunamganj[729] Someshwari river, Netrokona[806] Tanguar Haor, Sunamganj[1025] Ramnabad river, Patuakhali[1163]

Habitat and Environment:

Habitat: Data not available

Environment:

Parameters	Units	Minimum	Maximum	Optimum	Ref.
Temperature	-	-	-	-	-
pH	-	-	-	-	-
DO	-	-	-	-	-
Free CO2	-	-	-	-	-

Breeding Maturity:

Data not available

Breeding Season: (red background)

Data not available

Fecundity:

Data not available

Food and Feeding Habit:

Diet composition (%): Data not available

Importance:

Production and Marketing:
Production/Harvesting Season: Data not available
Harvesting Gears: Data not available
Market price: Data not available