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Scientific Name	**Pseudolaguvia ribeiroi** (Hora, 1921)
Common Name	Dusky Long Cat
Type Locality	Khoila River, tributary of Tista at Jalpaiguri, Darjeeling District, Himalayas, West Bengal, India.
Synonym(s)	Glyptothorax ribeiroi, Glyptothorax riberoi, Laguvia rebeiroi, Laguvia ribeiroi, Laguvia ribeiroi ribeiroi
Pronunciation	sue doh lah GOO vee ah
Species Information
Size	100mm or 3.9" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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. Easily distinguished by its small size, presence of an adhesive thoracic apparatus and the presence of bony processes on the skull above the humeral region and on the scapular region below the pectoral-fin base. The last feature is more in common with genera of the family Erethistidae hence its current placement.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Asia: India and Nepal. Reported from Bangladesh. Indian waters, North Eastern India Waters, Padma, Ganges (click on these areas to find other species found there) Indian waters, North Eastern India Waters, Padma, Jamuna, Brahmaputra (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2009.
pH	6.0 - 7.0
Temperature	16.0-24.0°C or 60.8-75.2°F (Show species within this range)
Other Parameters	Needs well oxygenated water.
Husbandry Information
Feeding	Live/frozen food preferred. User data.
Furniture	A sandy bottom and enough rocks/driftwood to partially deflect the current and for the fish to hide in.
Compatibility	A peaceful, shoaling species that should be kept in a group of at least 4. Best kept in a well-oxygenated tank, preferably with some current. Ideal tankmates include balitorine loaches such as Homaloptera, fast-swimming cyprinids such as Danio or Barilius, and smaller mastacembelids.
Suggested Tankmates	Cyprinids like Barilius and Danio and Balitorine loaches like Homaloptera species.
Breeding	Not reported.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta) v. 22 (pt 5, no. 33), pp741, Pl. 29 (fig. 3).
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 01 12:23 (species record created: 2002 Dec 30 00:00)