/sisoridae/pseudolaguvia/tuberculata/1.jpg "Pseudolaguvia tuberculata(1) - Click to enlarge")
/sisoridae/pseudolaguvia/tuberculata/2.jpg "Pseudolaguvia tuberculata(2) Microscopic close-up view of the adhesive apparatus. - Click to enlarge")
/sisoridae/pseudolaguvia/tuberculata/3.jpg "Pseudolaguvia tuberculata(3) Microscopic close-up view of the adhesive apparatus showing hook like structures called - Click to enlarge")
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| Scientific Name | Pseudolaguvia tuberculata (Prashad, B. and Mukerji, D. D., 1929) |
| Common Name(s) | None |
| Type Locality | Sankha, a large hill-stream, midway between Kamaing and Mogaung, Myitkyina dist., Upper Myanmar. |
| Synonym(s) | Glyptothorax tuberculatus |
| Pronunciation | sue doh lah GOO vee ah |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 35mm (1.4") 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. |
| General Remarks | Pseudolaguvia is feminine, so the correct specific epithet should be tuberculata, not tuberculatus. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Asia: endemic to Myanmar. Myanmar Waters (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) |
| 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. |
| 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 Danios and Balitorine loaches like Homaloptera species. |
| Breeding | Unreported. |
| Further Information | |
| Registered Keepers | None.  Add this species to your "my cats" page. |
| Breeding Reports | None. |
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| Last Update | 2010 Nov 21 09:10 (species record created: 2006 Mar 17 00:00) |
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