Classification / Names
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Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
Asia: Kunthi River, a tributary of Bharathapuzha River originating from the Western Ghats in Peninsular India.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Distinguished from congeners in having the following characters: body pale brown; rhomboidal-shaped thoracic adhesive apparatus almost covering the entire thoracic area; snout strongly projecting with the premaxillary teeth partially exposed when the mouth is closed; and caudal peduncle short (8.8-14.7 % SL) and deep (10.3-14.7 % SL) (Ref. 86527).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Radhakrishnan, K.V., S. Sureshkumar and H.H. Ng, 2010. Pseudolaguvia austrina, a new species of sisorid catfish (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes) from Peninsular India. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 21(4):377-383. (Ref. 86527)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00692 (0.00320 - 0.01497), b=3.03 (2.85 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
3.1 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (19 of 100). 🛈 |