Pseudolaguvia ribeiroi
Pseudolaguvia ribeiroi, the painted catfish, is a species of catfish from Nepal and India. This species reaches a length of 10.0 cm (3.9 in). [1]
| Pseudolaguvia ribeiroi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Erethistidae |
| Genus: | Pseudolaguvia |
| Species: | P. ribeiroi |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudolaguvia ribeiroi (Hora, 1921) | |
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Etymology
The fish is named in honor of entomologist Sydney H. Ribeiro, of the Zoological Survey of India, who collected the type specimen.
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Pseudolaguvia ribeiroi" 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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