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Pseudolaguvia flavida Ng, 2009

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Hayath (1) Beta Mahatvaraj (1) Sadit Khan (2) Abhisek Mishra (1)

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Description: Pseudolaguvia flavida is distinguished from congeners in having a combination of a serrated front edge of the dorsal spine, body depth at anus 11.0% standard length, length of adipose-fin base 11.0% standard length, dorsal to adipose distance 16.3% standard length, caudal peduncle depth 6.5% standard length, and snout length 43% head length. Habitat: Members of the genus Pseudolaguvia are small erethistid catfishes inhabiting hill streams and large rivers in the area bordered by the Ganges River drainage (northern India) to the west and the Sittang River drainage (east-central Myanmar) to the east. Etymology: Pseudolaguvia, Pseudo-, false; i.e., although this genus may superficially resemble several “closely allied” genera, including Laguvia (a junior synonym of Erethistes), such an appearance is false. The species epithet flavida is named after its golden-yellow colour (=Latin flavida) in life.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

None

Family:

Sisoridae

Distribution:

Asia: Hooghly [Bhagirathi] River, West Bengal, India.

Size:

2.5cm (1ins)

Temp:

22-24°C (71-75°F)

p.H.

6.0-7.5.

Reference:

Ng, H.H. 2009 Two new species of Pseudolaguvia, sisorid catfishes (Teleostei: Siluriformes) from northeastern India. Icthyol. Explor. Freshwaters 20(3):277-288.

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Pseudolaguvia flavida

Pseudolaguvia flavida
Ventral view

Pseudolaguvia flavida

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