/siluriformes/sisoridae/pseudolaguvia/fucosa/1.jpg "Pseudolaguvia fucosa")
Dorsal view of holotype/siluriformes/sisoridae/pseudolaguvia/fucosa/2.jpg "Pseudolaguvia fucosa")
Lateral view of holotype/siluriformes/sisoridae/pseudolaguvia/fucosa/3.jpg "Pseudolaguvia fucosa")
Ventral view of holotype
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| Scientific Name | Pseudolaguvia fucosa Ng, Lalramliana & Lalronunga, 2016 |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | Mizoram, Lawngtlai District, Tuichawng River in the vicinity of Bandukbanga village, Karnaphuli drainage, India, 22°3'11"N, 92°38'56"E. |
| Pronunciation | sue doh lah GOO vee ah - foo ko saa. |
| Etymology | The specific epithet comes from the Latin adjective fucosus, meaning painted or colored. This name is used in reference to the color pattern of this species, which includes more pale spots and stripes than most congeners. |
| 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 | |
| Distribution | This species is known from the headwaters of the Karnaphuli River drainage in southern Mizoram. Login to view the map. |
| 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. |
| Furniture | The type locality was a river with a moderate current and a substrate of sand and pebble Amblyceps cf. mangois, Mystus bleekeri, and one or more species each of Psilorhynchus, Schistura,Physoschistura and Badis were collected together with the new species. |
| 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 | Zootaxa 4105 (no. 6), pp 547, Figs. 1, 2a, 3, 6a. |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
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| Last Update | 2025 Jan 01 12:24 (species record created: 2016 Apr 27 22:51) |