Pangio

Pangio is a genus of small Asian freshwater fish in the true loach family Cobitidae. In earlier taxonomic schemes it was known as Acanthophthalmus. The "kuhli loach" is well-known in the aquarium trade and commonly identified as P. kuhlii, but most individuals actually appear to be P. semicincta.[1]

Pangio
Kuhli loach in an aquarium, commonly identified as P. kuhlii, but likely P. semicincta[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cobitidae
Genus: Pangio
Blyth, 1860
Type species
Cobitis cinnamomea
McClelland 1839
Species

See text.

The type species is Cobitis cinnamomea McClelland 1839, now known as Pangio pangia.[2]

These fish are best represented in Southeast Asia where all but five of the species live,[3][4] including the Greater Sunda Islands with sixteen species. The five species found outside Southeast Asia are from India and Myanmar.[3][5] They inhabit a wide range of mostly calm waters such as streams, swamps (often peat swamps) and backwaters, but there are also species in fast-flowing waters,[3] and one, P. bhujia, lives underground.[4]

Species
Pangio oblonga

There are currently 33 recognized species in this genus:[6]

References
  1. "Pangio semicincta". SeriouslyFish. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  2. "Pangio". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  3. Britz, R., Ali, A. & Raghavan, R. (2012): Pangio ammophila, a new species of eel-loach from Karnataka, southern India (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 23 (1): 45-50.
  4. Anoop, V.K.; R. Britz; C.P. Arjun; N. Dahanukar; R. Raghavan (2019). "Pangio bhujia, A New, Peculiar Species of Miniature Subterranean Eel Loach Lacking Dorsal and Pelvic Fins from India (Teleostei: Cobitidae)". Zootaxa. 4683 (1): 144–150. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4683.1.8. PMID 31715940.
  5. Clarke, Matt (2007-03-15). "Four new kuhli loaches described". Practical Fishkeeping magazine. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
  6. Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.
  7. Sundar, Remya L; Arjun, C.P.; Sidharthan, Arya; Dahanukar, Neelesh; Raghavan, Rajeev (2022-05-16). "A new diminutive subterranean eel loach species of the genus Pangio (Teleostei: Cobitidae) from Southern India". Zootaxa. 5138 (1): 89–97. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5138.1.9. ISSN 1175-5334.
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