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 | |
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| Kuhli loach in an aquarium, commonly identified as P. kuhlii, but likely P. semicincta[1] | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cobitidae |
| Genus: | Pangio Blyth, 1860 |
| Type species | |
| Cobitis cinnamomea McClelland 1839 | |
| Species | |
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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
There are currently 33 recognized species in this genus:[6]
- Pangio agma (M. E. Burridge, 1992)
- Pangio alcoides Kottelat & K. K. P. Lim, 1993
- Pangio alternans Kottelat & K. K. P. Lim, 1993
- Pangio ammophila Britz, Anvar Ali & Raghavan, 2012[3]
- Pangio anguillaris (Vaillant, 1902)
- Pangio apoda Britz & Maclaine, 2007
- Pangio atactos H. H. Tan & Kottelat, 2009
- Pangio bhujia Anoop et al., 2019[4]
- Pangio bitaimac H. H. Tan & Kottelat, 2009
- Pangio cuneovirgata (Raut, 1957)
- Pangio doriae (Perugia, 1892)
- Pangio elongata Britz & Maclaine, 2007
- Pangio filinaris Kottelat & K. K. P. Lim, 1993
- Pangio fusca (Blyth, 1860)
- Pangio goaensis (Tilak, 1972) (Indian coolie-loach)
- Pangio incognito Kottelat & K. K. P. Lim, 1993
- Pangio kuhlii (Valenciennes, 1846) (Kuhli loach, coolie loach)
- Pangio lidi Hadiaty & Kottelat, 2009
- Pangio longimanus Britz & Kottelat, 2010
- Pangio lumbriciformis Britz & Maclaine, 2007
- Pangio malayana (Tweedie, 1956)
- Pangio mariarum (Inger & P. K. Chin, 1962)
- Pangio muraeniformis (de Beaufort, 1933)
- Pangio myersi (Harry, 1949)
- Pangio oblonga (Valenciennes, 1846) (Java loach)
- Pangio pangia (F. Hamilton, 1822)
- Pangio piperata Kottelat & K. K. P. Lim, 1993
- Pangio pulla Kottelat & K. K. P. Lim, 1993
- Pangio robiginosa (Raut, 1957)
- Pangio semicincta (Fraser-Brunner, 1940)
- Pangio shelfordii (Popta, 1903) (Borneo loach)
- Pangio signicauda Britz & Maclaine, 2007
- Pangio superba (T. R. Roberts, 1989)
References
- "Pangio semicincta". SeriouslyFish. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
- "Pangio". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- 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.
- 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.
- Clarke, Matt (2007-03-15). "Four new kuhli loaches described". Practical Fishkeeping magazine. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
- 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.
- "Pangio". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved Apr 27, 2007.