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Scientific Name	**Pseudolaguvia muricata** Ng, 2005
Common Name	Tiger Bee Cat
Type Locality	Sylhet District, Rangapani Khal (creek), 6 kilometers north-northwest of Sylhet-Shillong highway, 25°10'N, 92°06'E, Bangladesh.
Pronunciation	sue doh lah GOO vee ah - mew ree caata
Etymology	From the Latin muricata, meaning spiny (like a murex), in reference to the elongate dorsal and pectoral-fin spines of this species. Used as an adjective.
Species Information
Size	26mm or 1" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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. Pseudolaguvia muricata differs from congeners in having longer dorsal (21.2–26.7% SL vs. 14.3–21.7) and pectoral (26.8–35.7% SL vs. 15.9–23.3) spines. It can be further distinguished from P. foveolata in having a thoracic adhesive apparatus reaching beyond (vs. not reaching) the base of the last pectoral-fin ray, a shorter caudal peduncle(12.6–15.7% SL vs. 20.7) and fewer vertebrae (28–30 vs. 33); P. kapuri in having a shorter adipose-fin base (12.3–16.1% SL vs. 17.1–18.8); from P. ribeiroi in having a shorter caudal peduncle (12.6–15.7% SL vs. 16.4–18.2); and from P. inornata in having (vs.lacking) light brown patches on the body and a shorter caudal peduncle (12.6–15.7% SL vs. 16.3–19.0). Pseudolaguvia muricata further differs from P. shawi in lacking a color pattern of strongly contrasting brown and yellow bands and a larger interorbital distance (31.4–36.7% HL vs. 23.4–29.6); from P. tenebricosa in having a shorter caudal peduncle (12.6–15.7% SL vs. 16.9–18.9); and from P. tuberculata in having a shorter adipose-fin base (12.3–16.1% SL vs. 16.8–22.7) and caudal peduncle (12.6–15.7% SL vs. 16.2–20.1).
Habitat Information
Distribution	Asia: Brahmaputra River drainage in Bangladesh. Indian waters, North Eastern India Waters, Padma, Jamuna, Brahmaputra (click on these areas to find other species found there) Log in to view data on a map.
IUCN Red List Category	Data Deficient, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2009.
Other Parameters	The water should be cool and heavily oxygenated with a good flow as these fish occur in hill streams. Anything above 25 C will hamper long term survival as these fish tend to wither away at higher temperatures.
Husbandry Information
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.
Furniture	Fine sand for the bottom and smooth pebbles / rocks. The type locality of P. muricata is a clear, shallow, slow-flowing stream with a mixed substrate of sand and detritus, with the fish being found amongst detritus in areas with current.
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 Danios and Balitorine loaches like Homaloptera species. Other fish species found in the same habitat include Barilius barna ,Barilius bendelisis,Barilius tileo ,Devario devario , Oreichthys cosuatis ,Psilorhynchus sucatio, Lepidocephalichthys guntea ,Acanthocobitis botia,Schistura corica,Schistura savona,Amblyceps mangois , Mystus bleekeri , Olyra longicaudata ,Conta conta , Hara jerdoni , Pseudolaguvia ribeiroi, Pseudolaguvia shawi , Aplocheilus panchax ,Xenentodon cancila , Microphis deocata , Chanda nama, Parambassis baculis ,Parambassis ranga ,Channa gachua , Ctenops nobilis , Badis badis , Nandus nandus , Glossogobius giuris , Mastacembelus pancalus and Tetraodon cutcutia .
Breeding	Unreported.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Zootaxa No. 1044, pp 41, Fig. 3.
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2019 Oct 13 03:07 (species record created: 2009 Feb 26 15:53)