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| Scientific Name | Pseudolaguvia kapuri (Tilak & Husain, 1975) |
| Common Name(s) | None |
| Type Locality | Padhoi River near Kalsia Ghat, Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. |
| Synonym(s) | Glyptothorax kapuri, Laguvia kapuri, Laguvia ribeiroi kapuri |
| Pronunciation | sue doh lah GOO vee ah - ka pooor eye |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 40mm (1.6") 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.
Pseudolaguvia kapuri can be distinguished from congeners by the presence of two yellowish vertical band like patches below and after the adipose fin and the insertion of the pelvic fin closer to the tip of the snout than the caudal base. |
| Sexing | Not known. |
| General Remarks | It is very likely that this species has not been exported for the trade as yet but general care will be very similar to that of other Pseudolaguvia species. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Ganges River drainage, India and Nepal. Indian waters, Padma, Ganges (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. |
| Furniture | Fine sand for the bottom and smooth pebbles / rocks. |
| 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 | |
| References | Journal of the Inland Fishery Society of India v. 6 Freshwater Fishes Of The Indian Region , 2nd Edition - K.C. Jayaram |
| Registered Keepers | None.  Add this species to your "my cats" page. |
| Breeding Reports | None. |
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| Last Update | 2011 Apr 27 08:50 (species record created: 2010 Nov 20 22:14) |
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