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| Scientific Name | Pseudolaguvia jiyaensis Tamang & Sinha, 2014 |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | Aranachal Pradesh, Lower Dibang Valley District, Jiya stream, near Bolik village, approx. 14 km from Roing towards Shantipur, Assam, India, 28°00.377'N, 95°45.562'E, depth 149 meters. |
| 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 | |
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| 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 | Zootaxa 3887 (no. 1), pp 45, Figs. 5-6. |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
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| 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:1.20.292.6386 | |
| Last Update | 2025 Jan 01 12:24 (species record created: 2014 Dec 21 05:53) |