Pangio

Taxobox
name = "Pangio"


image_caption = Kuhlii loaches, "Pangio kuhlii"
image_width = 250 px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Cypriniformes
familia = Cobitidae
genus = "Pangio"
genus_authority = Blyth, 1860
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "About 25. See Text"

"Pangio" is a genus of freshwater fish in the loach family (Cobitidae). In earlier taxonomic schemes it was known as "Acanthophthalmus". It is most well known for the kuhlii loach, "Pangio kuhlii", which is often kept by aquarists.

These fish are best represented in the Sunda Islands, where 16 of the species inhabit. Other species are known from India and Myanmar.

In 2007, four new species of "Pangio" were described.cite web|url=http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/pfk/pages/item.php?news=1218|title=Four new kuhli loaches described|last=Clarke|first=Matt|date=2007-03-15|accessdate=2007-04-27|publisher=Practical Fishkeeping magazine]

Species

*"Pangio agma"
*"Pangio alcoides"
*"Pangio alternans"
*"Pangio anguillaris"
*"Pangio apoda"
*"Pangio borneensis"
*"Pangio cuneov irgata"
*"Pangio doriae"
*"Pangio elongata"
*"Pangio filinaris"
*"Pangio fusca"
*"Pangio goaensis" - Indian coolie loach
*"Pangio incognito"
*"Pangio kuhlii" - Kuhli loach
*"Pangio longipinnis"
*"Pangio lumbriciformis"
*"Pangio malayana"
*"Pangio mariarum"
*"Pangio muraeniformis"
*"Pangio myersi" - Slimy loach
*"Pangio oblonga" - Java loach
*"Pangio pangia"
*"Pangio piperata"
*"Pangio pulla"
*"Pangio robiginosa"
*"Pangio semicincta" - Halfbanded loach, Malayan loach
*"Pangio shelfordii" - Borneo loach, Shelford's loach
*"Pangio signicauda"
*"Pangio superba"

References

*FishBase genus|genus=Pangio|year=2007|month=Apr
*ITIS|ID=638916|taxon="Pangio"|year=2007|date=Apr 27