Pseudolaguvia ribeiroi

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Pseudolaguvia ribeiroi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Erethistidae
Genus: Pseudolaguvia
Species:
P. ribeiroi
Binomial name
Pseudolaguvia ribeiroi
(Hora, 1921) [2]
Synonyms
  • Laguvia ribeiroiHora, 1921
  • Glyptothorax ribeiroi(Hora, 1921)
  • Laguvia ribeiroi ribeiroiHora, 1921
  • Glyptothorax riberoi(Hora, 1921)
  • Laguvia rebeiroiHora, 1921

Pseudolaguvia ribeiroi, the painted catfish, is a species of catfish in the family Erethistidae. It is found in Nepal and India.

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Description

This species reaches a total length of 10 cm (4 in). [3]

Etymology

The species epithet is named for entomologist Sydney H. Ribeiro, of the Zoological Survey of India, who collected the type specimen. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Ng, H.H. (2010). "Pseudolaguvia ribeiroi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010: e.T166402A6201287. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T166402A6201287.en . Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  2. ↑ Hora, S. L. (1921). "On some new or rare species of fish from the eastern Himalayas". Records of Indian museum, Calcutta. 22: 731-744.
  3. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Pseudolaguvia ribeiroi" in FishBase . February 2015 version.
  4. ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (17 August 2023). "Order SILURIFORMES: Families AKYSIDAE, AMBLYCIPITIDAE, SISORIDAE and AMPHILIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 1 October 2023.


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