Pseudolaguvia

Heok Hee Ng, 2006, Pseudolaguvia ferula, a new species of sisoroid catfish (Teleostei: Erethistidae) from India., Zootaxa 1229, pp. 59-68 : 59

publication ID	z01229p059
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6253058
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8886606D-725D-65D8-0C0E-322BEE921C25
treatment provided by	Thomas
scientific name	Pseudolaguvia
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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.