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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 |
| 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. |
| Habitat Information | |
| IUCN Red List Category | Not Evaluated |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies v. 7 (no. 6), pp 241, Plate 1. |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
| Wishlists | Love this species? Click the heart to add it to your wish list. There is no wish to keep this species. |
| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is no record of this fish being seen. |
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| LFS label creator ARN ref:1.20.292.7593 | |
| Last Update | 2025 Jan 01 12:24 (species record created: 2019 Dec 08 21:37) |