Pseudolaguvia shawi
Pseudolaguvia shawi is a species of catfish in the family Erethistidae. It is found in the waters of Darjeeling, Siliguri Terai and Sikkim in India.[2]
| Pseudolaguvia shawi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Erethistidae |
| Genus: | Pseudolaguvia |
| Species: | P. shawi |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudolaguvia shawi (Hora, 1921) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Description
Pseudolaguvia shawi reaches a total length of 3.8 cm (1.5 in).[3]
Etymology
The species epithet is named in honour of naturalist G. E. Shaw, who collected the type specimen.
References
- Ng, H.H. (2010). "Pseudolaguvia shawi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T166471A6216340. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T166471A6216340.en. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- Ng, H.H., Ferraris, C.J.Jr. & Neely, D.A. (2012): The catfish genus Erethistoides (Siluriformes: Sisoridae) in Myanmar, with descriptions of three new species. Zootaxa, 3254: 55–68.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Pseudolaguvia shawi" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- Ng, H.H. and M. Kottelat, 2005. Caelatoglanis zonatus, a new genus and species of the Erethistidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes) from Myanmar, with comments on the nomenclature of Laguvia and Hara species. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 16(1):13-22.
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