''Pseudolaguvia'' is a

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es. These

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inhabit hill streams and large rivers. '' P. tenebricosa'' is found in fast running, clear water; the river has a sandy bottom and numerous rocks and boulders and

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is absent. '' P. inornata'' is from clear, shallow, moderately flowing streams with a predominantly sandy bottom. '' P. muricata'' is found in clear, shallow, slow-flowing streams with a mixed substrate of sand and detritus; these fish are found amongst

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in areas with current. '' P. ferula'' is also found in swift flowing waters with a mixed rocky/sandy bottom.

Species

There are currently 22 recognized species in this genus: * '' Pseudolaguvia assula'' H. H. Ng & Conway, 2013 * '' Pseudolaguvia austrina''

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, Sureshkumar & H. H. Ng, 2011 * '' Pseudolaguvia ferruginea'' H. H. Ng, 2009 * '' Pseudolaguvia ferula'' H. H. Ng, 2006 * '' Pseudolaguvia flavida'' H. H. Ng, 2009 * '' Pseudolaguvia foveolata'' H. H. Ng, 2005 * '' Pseudolaguvia fucosa'' H. H. Ng, Lalramliana & Lalronunga, 2016 * '' Pseudolaguvia inornata'' H. H. Ng, 2005 * '' Pseudolaguvia jiyaensis''

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, 2014 * '' Pseudolaguvia kapuri'' (

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, 1975) * '' Pseudolaguvia lapillicola''

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, A. Ali & Raghavan, 2013 * '' Pseudolaguvia magna''

, 2014 * '' Pseudolaguvia muricata'' H. H. Ng, 2005 * '' Pseudolaguvia nepalensis'' * '' Pseudolaguvia nubila'' H. H. Ng, Lalramliana, Lalronunga & Lalnuntluanga, 2013 * '' Pseudolaguvia ribeiroi'' ( Hora, 1921) (Painted catfish) * '' Pseudolaguvia shawi'' ( Hora, 1921) * '' Pseudolaguvia spicula'' H. H. Ng & Lalramliana, 2010 * '' Pseudolaguvia tenebricosa''

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, 2003 * '' Pseudolaguvia tuberculata'' (

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& Mukerji, 1929) * '' Pseudolaguvia virgulata'' H. H. Ng & Lalramliana, 2010 * '' Pseudolaguvia viriosa'' H. H. Ng &

, 2012

Description

Externally, these fish resemble members of the sisorid catfish genus ''

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''. ''Pseudolaguvia'' is diagnosed by the presence of a short

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adhesive apparatus with median depression; wide

gill A gill () is a respiratory organ that many aquatic organisms use to extract dissolved oxygen from water and to excrete carbon dioxide. The gills of some species, such as hermit crabs, have adapted to allow respiration on land provided they are ...

openings nearly meeting one another on the underside of the body;

serrations Serration is a saw-like appearance or a row of sharp or tooth-like projections. A serrated cutting edge has many small points of contact with the material being cut. By having less contact area than a smooth blade or other edge, the applied p ...

anterior Standard anatomical terms of location are used to unambiguously describe the anatomy of animals, including humans. The terms, typically derived from Latin or Greek roots, describe something in its standard anatomical position. This position prov ...

margin of

pectoral fin Fins are distinctive anatomical features composed of bony spines or rays protruding from the body of a fish. They are covered with skin and joined together either in a webbed fashion, as seen in most bony fish, or similar to a flipper, as ...

spine pointing toward tip; smooth to granulate anterior margin on the

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spine; slender body;

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upper lip; and 8–10

anal fin Fins are distinctive anatomical features composed of bony spines or rays protruding from the body of a fish. They are covered with skin and joined together either in a webbed fashion, as seen in most bony fish, or similar to a flipper, as se ...

rays. Both the dorsal fin and pectoral fin have strong spines. The head and body are slightly depressed. The eyes are small, dorsal, and located in the middle of the head. The

barbels In fish anatomy and turtle anatomy, a barbel is a slender, whiskerlike sensory organ near the mouth. Fish that have barbels include the catfish, the carp, the goatfish, the hagfish, the sturgeon, the zebrafish, the black dragonfish and some ...

are annulated with black rings.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q7254894 Erethistidae Fish of South Asia Taxa named by Kamla Sankar Misra Freshwater fish genera Catfish genera