Pangio
{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic_taxobox
| image = Kuhli loach in aquarium.jpg
| image_caption = Kuhli loach in an aquarium, commonly identified as P. kuhlii, but likely P. semicincta
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| taxon = Pangio
| authority = Blyth, 1860
| type_species = Cobitis cinnamomea
| type_species_authority = McClelland, 1839{{Cof family|family=Cobitidae|access-date=28 November 2024}}
| synonyms = {{Genus list
| Apua | Blyth, 1860
| Cobitophis | Myers, 1927
| Eucirrhichthys | Perugia, 1892
}}
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text.
}}
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.{{cite web | title=Pangio semicincta | url=https://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/pangio-semicincta/ | publisher=SeriouslyFish | accessdate=11 October 2019 }}
The type species is Cobitis cinnamomea McClelland 1839, now known as Pangio pangia.{{Cof record|title=Pangio|genid=2655|access-date=5 February 2017}}
These fish are best represented in Southeast Asia where all but five of the species live,{{cite journal | author1=Anoop, V.K. | author2=R. Britz | author3=C.P. Arjun | author4=N. Dahanukar | author5=R. Raghavan | year=2019 | title=Pangio bhujia, A New, Peculiar Species of Miniature Subterranean Eel Loach Lacking Dorsal and Pelvic Fins from India (Teleostei: Cobitidae) | journal=Zootaxa | volume=4683 | issue=1 | pages=144–150 | doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4683.1.8 | pmid=31715940 }} including the Greater Sunda Islands with sixteen species. The five species found outside Southeast Asia are from India and Myanmar.{{cite periodical|url=http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/content.php?sid=1182|title=Four new kuhli loaches described|last=Clarke|first=Matt|date=2007-03-15|accessdate=2011-04-25|magazine=Practical Fishkeeping magazine}} 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, and one, P. bhujia, lives underground.
Species
File:Pangio oblonga acquarium.jpg
There are currently 35 recognized species in this genus:{{FishBase genus|genus=Pangio|month=December|year=2024}}
- 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{{cite journal|author=Britz, R.|author2= Ali, A. |author3= Raghavan, R. |year=2012|title=Pangio ammophila, a new species of eel-loach from Karnataka, southern India (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitidae)|journal=Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters|volume= 23 |issue=1|pages=45–50}}
- Pangio anguillaris (Vaillant, 1902)
- Pangio apoda Britz & Maclaine, 2007
- Pangio atactos H. H. Tan & Kottelat, 2009
- Pangio bhujia Anoop et al., 2019
- 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 longipinnis (Menon, 1992)
- 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 pathala Sundar, Arjun, Sidharthan, Dahanukar & Raghavan, 2022{{Cite journal |last1=Sundar |first1=Remya L |last2=Arjun |first2=C.P. |last3=Sidharthan |first3=Arya |last4=Dahanukar |first4=Neelesh |last5=Raghavan |first5=Rajeev |date=2022-05-16 |title=A new diminutive subterranean eel loach species of the genus Pangio (Teleostei: Cobitidae) from Southern India |url=https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5138.1.9 |journal=Zootaxa |volume=5138 |issue=1 |pages=89–97 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.5138.1.9 |pmid=36101034 |issn=1175-5334|url-access=subscription }}
- 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
- {{ITIS |id=638916 |taxon=Pangio |accessdate=Apr 27, 2007}}
- Kottelat, M. (2012): [http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s26/Conspectus_cobitidum.pdf Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei).] The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130211134858/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s26/Conspectus_cobitidum.pdf|date=11 February 2013}}
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