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| Scientific Name | Pseudolaguvia magna Tamang & Sinha, 2014 |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | Arunachal 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. |
| Pronunciation | sue doh lah GOO vee ah - mag na. |
| Etymology | The species epithet is a Latin adjective (feminine) meaning ‘great’, and allusion to this being the largest of the 20 known species of Pseudolaguvia. |
| 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 magna differs from its congeners by its much larger size, by having a broader rhomboid thoracic adhesive apparatus, two pale-brown or cream patches on the mid-dorsal region across the dorsal midline: one rectangular to elliptic patch on the mid-interdorsal region, and another indistinct elliptic to irregular patch between the adipose and caudal-fins; and a small,round, pale-brown to cream spot on the lateral side of the head. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Presently known from the upper Brahmaputra river basin in Arunachal Pradesh, India. Indian waters, Arunachal Pradesh State Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there) 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. |
| 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 38, Figs. 1-4. |
| 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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| Last Update | 2025 Jan 01 12:24 (species record created: 2014 Dec 21 05:52) |