Taxonomy & naming
Pseudolaguvia ribeiroi (Hora, 1921) is the valid name in the Catalog of Fishes; the parentheses show that Hora originally placed it in another genus. It was described from the Khoila River near Jalpaiguri, West Bengal. The identity of the person honoured by the epithet is not recorded in the sources available to the atlas.
Morphology
Pseudolaguvia are small, flattened sisorid catfishes of hill-stream and foothill drainages of South Asia, with a depressed head and body, a pad-like thoracic adhesive apparatus on the underside, and bony tubercles or ridges on the skin in many species. FishBase gives this species a maximum of 4 in TL.
Habitat
FishBase gives its range as India and Nepal, with reports from Bangladesh. It inhabits pool and run areas of swift streams and is also found in mountain rapids.
Feeding
Diet in the wild is not recorded in the sources available to the atlas. Small sisorids of this kind are generally benthic feeders on tiny invertebrates, and in captivity small frozen foods such as bloodworm, daphnia and cyclops, along with fine sinking foods, are the usual offering.
Mating
Mating behaviour is not recorded in the sources available to the atlas.
Breeding
Breeding of this species in captivity is not recorded in the sources available to the atlas.
In the aquarium
It is an uncommon, specialist import. Provide clean, well-oxygenated, moderately flowing water over sand or fine gravel with stones and leaf litter for cover, and keep it with small peaceful tankmates. FishBase gives no temperature, pH or hardness range for this species.
Conservation
The IUCN Red List assessed it as Least Concern in 2009, meaning it is not considered at risk of extinction at present. Small hill-stream fishes of the region are exposed to habitat alteration.