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]

Pseudolaguvia shawi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Erethistidae
Genus: Pseudolaguvia
Species:
P. shawi
Binomial name
Pseudolaguvia shawi
(Hora, 1921)
Synonyms
  • Laguvia shawi Hora, 1921
  • Glyptothorax shawi (Hora, 1921)

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of naturalist G. E. Shaw, who collected the type specimen.

References

  1. 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.
  2. 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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