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Scientific Name	**Pseudolaguvia spicula** Ng & Lalramliana, 2010
Common Name
Type Locality	Bawrai River, a tributaqry of Langkaih River in the vicinity of Zawinuam, 24°07'37.2''N, 92°20'42.0''E, Mizoram, India.
Pronunciation	sue doh lah GOO vee ah - spee cu laa
Etymology	The specific epithet is the diminutive form of the Latin noun spica, meaning a point or a spike. This name is used in reference to the relatively short dorsal- and pectoral-fin spines of this species when compared to many congeners. It is applied as a noun in apposition.
Species Information
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 spicula differs from congeners except for P. inornata, P. kapuri, P. tenebricosa,P. tuberculata and P. virgulata in having a deeper caudal peduncle (7.9–9.6% SL vs. 5.0–8.1). It is distinguished from P. inornata in having shorter dorsal- (11.6–14.3% SL vs. 18.6–21.7) and pectoral-fin spines (15.7–17.4% SL vs. 20.4–23.3) and indistinct, pale vertical bands on the body (vs. bands absent), and from P. kapuri in having a shorter dorsal-fin spine (11.6–14.3% SL vs. 14.0–15.5), shorter adipose-fin base (14.7–17.1% SL vs. 17.1–18.9), and narrower head (19.2–22.6% SL vs. 23.4–24.0). Pseudolaguvia spicula differs from P. tenebricosa in having shorter dorsal- (11.6–14.3% SL vs. 15.8–17.3) and pectoral-fin spines (15.7–17.4% SL vs. 18.7–20.4) and a shorter caudal fin (24.2–27.5% SL vs. 28.5–31.2), from P. tuberculata in having a shorter snout (48.6–51.9% HL vs. 52.1–55.5), larger eye (10.6–13.9% HL vs. 8.8–10.4) and shorter pectoral-fin spine (15.7–17.4% SL vs. 18.3–20.1), and from P. virgulata in having shorter dorsal- (11.6–14.3% SL vs. 21.5–24.0) and pectoral-fin (15.7–17.4% SL vs. 28.5–29.1) spines and caudal peduncle (15.4–17.9% SL vs. 18.2–20.2), a smooth (vs. serrated) anterior edge of the dorsal-fin spine, the presence of pale vertical bands (vs. pale longitudinal stripes) on the flanks and the absence (vs. presence) of a pale yshaped marking on the dorsal surface of the head and supraoccipital process.
Sexing	Not known.
General Remarks	It is very likely that this species has not been exported for the trade as yet but general care will be very similar to that of other Pseudolaguvia species.
Habitat Information
Distribution	This species is known from the Surma-Meghna River system (one of the three river systems that forms the Ganges Delta), being found in the upper (Barak River drainage in Mizoram, India) and the middle (Meghna River drainage in northeastern Bangladesh) portions of the system. Indian waters, North Eastern India Waters, Padma, Ganges, Meghna, Surma (click on these areas to find other species found there) Indian waters, North Eastern India Waters, Padma, Ganges, Meghna, Surma, Barak (click on these areas to find other species found there) Indian waters, North Eastern India Waters, Padma, Ganges, Meghna (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
Other Parameters	Water temperature in the streams where this species was collected ranged from 19–23°.
Husbandry Information
Feeding	Is 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. This species was collected from shallow streams with a moderate to strong current and a substrate of sand, pebble and rocks.
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 Psilorhynchus sucatio ,Glyptothorax botius ,G. telchitta and Pseudolaguvia virgulata.
Breeding	Unreported.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Zootaxa No. 2558, pp 62, Fig. 1.
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 01 12:24 (species record created: 2010 Aug 04 01:37)