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Scientific Name Pseudolaguvia flavipinna  Bhakat, 2019
Common Name
Type Locality Mayurakshi River, Tilpara Barrage, Suri, Birbhum district, West Bengal, India.
Pronunciation sue doh lah GOO vee ah
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Identification 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. They can be distinguished from other sisorids by their small size,a combination of a thoracic adhesive apparatus with a median depression and prominent postcoracoid processes.
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IUCN Red List Category Not Evaluated
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Feeding Known to take only live food like blood worms, frozen brine shrimp etc. Spot feeding will help in case tank mates are voracious feeders. User data.
Compatibility A peaceful species suitable for a hillstream biotope. Extreme care should be taken while choosing their tankmates as these fish are extremely poor at competing for food.
Suggested Tankmates Cyprinids like Barilius and Danio and Balitorine loaches like Homaloptera species.
Breeding Unreported in the aquarium.
Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies v. 7 (no. 6), pp 241, Plate 1.
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Last Update 2020 Jul 31 06:35 (species record created: 2019 Dec 08 21:37)