Pseudolaguvia foveolata • Sisoridae • Cat-eLog

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Pseudolaguvia foveolata** Ng, 2005
Common Name(s)	None
Type Locality	India: West Bengal: Tista River at Tista barrage.
Pronunciation	sue doh lah GOO vee ah - foe vee oh lah tah
Etymology	From the Latin foveola, meaning pit, in reference to the large median depression in the thoracic adhesive apparatus of this species. An adjective.
Species Information
Size	30mm (1.2") 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. Differs from congeners in having a shorter thoracic adhesive apparatus, a more slender and more elongate body.
Sexing	Not known.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Known from the Tista River, a tributary of the Brahmaputra River in northern West Bengal state in India. Indian waters, North Eastern India Waters, Padma, Jamuna, Brahmaputra, Tista (click on these areas to find other species found there) (Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)
pH	6.0 - 7.0
Temperature	23.0-24.0°C or 73.4-75.2°F (Show others within this range)
Other Parameters	Needs well oxygenated water.
Husbandry Information
Feeding	Live/frozen food preferred, but can adapt to small particulate prepared food.
Furniture	Fine sand for the bottom and smooth pebbles / rocks.The presence of plants will also help. Pseudolaguvia foveolata was collected from a deep area of the Tista River, a tributary of the Brahmaputra River. The water was turbid and the area in which the holotype was collected had a mixed rocky / sandy bottom.
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.
Suggested Tankmates	Ideal tankmates include balitorine loaches such as Homaloptera, fast-swimming cyprinids such as Danio or Barilius, and smaller mastacembelids. Other species collected along with Pseudolaguvia foveolata include Aspidoparia morar, Barilius bendelisis,B. shacra, B. vagra, Crossocheilus latius, Carra lissorhynchus , Canthophrys gongota ,Psilorhynchus balitora, P. sucatio ,Lepidocephalichthys guntea ,Acanthocobitis botia, Schistura savona , Amblyceps mangois , Batasio tengana , Erethistoides sp. and Parambassis ranga .
Breeding	Unreported.
Further Information
References	Pseudolaguvia foveolata, a new catfish (Teleostei: Erethistidae) from northeast India Heok Hee Ng
Registered Keepers	(1) Silurus. Click on a username above to see all that persons registered catfish species. You can also view all "my cats" data for this species.
Breeding Reports	None.
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Last Update	2010 Nov 25 12:24 (species record created: 2004 Nov 27 00:00)

Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Scientific Name

Pseudolaguvia foveolata Ng, 2005

Common Name(s)

None

Type Locality

India: West Bengal: Tista River at Tista barrage.

Pronunciation

sue doh lah GOO vee ah - foe vee oh lah tah

Etymology

From the Latin foveola, meaning pit, in reference to the large median depression in the thoracic adhesive apparatus of this species. An adjective.

Species Information

Size

30mm (1.2") 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.

Differs from congeners in having a shorter thoracic adhesive apparatus, a more slender and more elongate body.

Sexing

Not known.

Habitat Information

Distribution

Known from the Tista River, a tributary of the Brahmaputra River in northern West Bengal state in India.
Indian waters, North Eastern India Waters, Padma, Jamuna, Brahmaputra, Tista (click on these areas to find other species found there)

(Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)

6.0 - 7.0

Temperature

23.0-24.0°C or 73.4-75.2°F (Show others within this range)

Other Parameters

Needs well oxygenated water.

Husbandry Information

Feeding

Live/frozen food preferred, but can adapt to small particulate prepared food.

Furniture

Fine sand for the bottom and smooth pebbles / rocks.The presence of plants will also help. Pseudolaguvia foveolata was collected from a deep area of the Tista River, a tributary of the Brahmaputra River. The water was turbid and the area in which the holotype was collected had a mixed rocky / sandy bottom.

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.

Suggested Tankmates

Ideal tankmates include balitorine loaches such as Homaloptera, fast-swimming cyprinids such as Danio or Barilius, and smaller mastacembelids. Other species collected along with Pseudolaguvia foveolata include Aspidoparia morar, Barilius bendelisis,B. shacra, B. vagra, Crossocheilus latius, Carra lissorhynchus , Canthophrys gongota ,Psilorhynchus balitora, P. sucatio ,Lepidocephalichthys guntea ,Acanthocobitis botia, Schistura savona , Amblyceps mangois , Batasio tengana , Erethistoides sp. and Parambassis ranga .

Breeding

Unreported.

Further Information

References

Pseudolaguvia foveolata, a new catfish (Teleostei: Erethistidae) from northeast India Heok Hee Ng

Registered Keepers

(1) Silurus.

Click on a username above to see all that persons registered catfish species. You can also view all "my cats" data for this species.

Breeding Reports

None.

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