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Issue: Vol. 388 No. 1: 19 Dec. 2003
Type: Article
Published: 2003-12-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.388.1.1
Page range: 1–8
Abstract views: 31
PDF downloaded: 29

A new species of the Asian catfish genus Pseudolaguvia from Myanmar (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Siluriformes: Erethistidae)

Lehrstuhl für Spezielle Zoologie, Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 28, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany Division of Fishes, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. 20560, U.S.A.
Division of Fishes, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. 20560, U.S.A.
Pisces siluriforms Erethistidae Pseudolaguvia new species Laguvia Sisoridae adhesive apparatus

Abstract

A new species of the erethistid catfish genus Pseudolaguvia from Myanmar is described. Pseudolaguvia tenebricosa, new species, from Pathe Chaung, Lower Myanmar, differs from the only congener P. tuberculata (Prashad & Mukerji, 1929) in having an adipose fin not reaching dorsal fin, and a narrower head with a shorter snout.

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