[[ Pseudolaguvia ^ZBK ]]

Members of the genus Pseudolaguvia ^ZBK 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. The diversity of the group has been doubled in recent years, with eight species of Pseudolaguvia ^ZBK considered valid (Ng, 2005): P. ribeiroi (Hora, 1921), P. shawi (Hora, 1921), P. tuberculata (Prashad & Mukerji, 1929), P. kapuri (Tilak & Husain, 1975), P. tenebricosa Britz & Ferraris, 2003 ^ZBK, P. foveolata Ng, 2005 ^ZBK, P. inornata Ng, 2005 ^ZBK and P. muricata Ng, 2005 ^ZBK.

A recent collection of fishes in tributaries of the Brahmaputra River drainage in West Bengal, India, included an undescribed Pseudolaguvia ^ZBK species with a terete body that is narrower than congeners. The description of this material as Pseudolaguvia ferula new species forms the basis of this study.