[[ Pseudolaguvia tuberculata]]

Britz & Ferraris (2003) diagnose P. tuberculata from P. tenebricosa ^ZBK by the contact between the adipose fin and the base of the last dorsal-fin ray in the former species (while P. tenebricosa ^ZBK and all other congeners lack this contact). I have obtained fresh material from northern Myanmar (UMMZ 245493) that, except for the adipose fin not contacting the base of the last dorsal-fin ray, is otherwise identical in other respects to P. tuberculata . In some of this material, particularly in smaller specimens, the adipose fin extends anteriorly into a faint ridge that approaches very close to, but never touches, the base of the last dorsal-fin ray. This is most likely the reason behind Prashad and Mukerji's (1929) assertion that the adipose fin contacts the base of the last dorsal-fin ray in P. tuberculata . The adipose-fin base and snout are longer in the material from northern Myanmar than in the paratypes of P. tenebricosa ^ZBK examined (16.8-22.7% SL vs. 14.2-16.0 and 52.7-55.5% HL vs. 48.1-50.0 respectively), and it is these reasons that argue for the continued recognition of the two species as distinct. An examination of the two specimens from northern Myanmar (CAS 98614) quoted by Britz & Ferraris (2003) shows that they are conspecific with my material (UMMZ 245493). They are hence reidentified here as P. tuberculata .