Pseudolaguvia ribeiroi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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 ribeiroi Hora, 1921
  • Glyptothorax ribeiroi (Hora, 1921)
  • Laguvia ribeiroi ribeiroi Hora, 1921
  • Glyptothorax riberoi (Hora, 1921)
  • Laguvia rebeiroi Hora, 1921

Pseudolaguvia ribeiroi, the painted catfish, is a species of catfish from Nepal and India. This species reaches a length of 10 cm (4 in). [3]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of entomologist Sydney H. Ribeiro, of the Zoological Survey of India, who collected the type specimen.[4]

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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