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P. shawi inhabits rapid running waters at the base of hills, in which it maintains itself by means of a corrugated thoracic disc, which acts as an adhesive apparatus. Aquarium Care: A tank with a sandy bottom and rounded stones and pebbles with a good water flow as befits an asian hillstream setup. Good water quality is a must for this family. Keep the water temperature on the cool side of a tropical aquarium. Tank mates such as the zebra danio (Brachydanio rerio) and asian fish such as Rasboras of the same small size will make good tankmates. Diet: Feeds on small invertebrates. Prefers live foods such as bloodworm, grindle worm, daphnia and Artemia naupli. 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 shawi is in honour of government quinologist (one who grows cinchona trees for quinine, an early antimalarial) and naturalist G. E. Shaw, who collected the type specimen.

Bee cat, Asian mini bee cat

Glyptothorax shawi, Laguvia shawi

Sisoridae

Asia: Darjeeling, Siliguri Terai and Sikkim in India. Reported from Bangladesh.

4.5cm (1¾ins)

20-24°C (68-75°F)

6.5-7.4.

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2023. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 02/2023 ).
Ng, H.H. and M. Kottelat, 2005. Caelatoglanis zonatus, a new genus and species of the Erethistidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes) from Myanmar, with comments on the nomenclature of Laguvia and Hara species. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 16(1):13-22.
The ETYFish Project. Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.