Pseudolaguvia shawi
Pseudolaguvia shawi is a species of catfish from waters in Darjeeling, Siliguri Terai and Sikkim in India.[1] This species reaches a length of 3.8 cm (1.5 in). [2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Erethistidae |
| Genus: | Pseudolaguvia |
| Species: | P. shawi |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudolaguvia shawi (Hora, 1921) | |
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Etymology
The fish is named in honor of naturalist G. E. Shaw, who collected the type specimen.
References
- 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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