Journal Article
Pangio bhujia, a new, peculiar species of miniature subterranean eel loach lacking dorsal and pelvic fins from India (Teleostei: Cobitidae)
Anoop, V.K., Britz, R., Arjun, C.P., Dahanukar, N. and Raghavan, R.
Record Number:
4444
Year:
2019
Journal:
Zootaxa
Pages:
144-150
Volume:
4683
Abstract:
A unique, new species of eel loach, Pangio bhujia, is described from Kerala, India. It is the first species of Pangio to be
described from subterranean waters. It possesses several unusual characters including absence of both dorsal and pelvic
fins, the presence of only 3 pectoral-fin rays, 6 anal-fin rays and a unique count of 38 precaudal + 24 caudal vertebrae.
Keywords: aquifers, freshwater fishes, hypogean, Kerala, Western Ghats
Introduction
Times Cited:
11
Relevent Species:
Pangio bhujia Anoop, Britz, Arjun, Dahanukar and Raghavan 2019Horaglanis abdulkalami Subhash Babu 2012Horaglanis alikunhii Subhash Babu and Nayar 2004Horaglanis krishnai Menon 1950Kryptoglanis undescribed species [Vincent 2012]Kryptoglanis shajii Vincent and Thomas 2011Rakthamichthys indicus (Eapen 1963) Britz, Dahanukar, Standing, Philip, Kumar, and Raghavan 2020Rakthamichthys roseni (Bailey and Gans 1998) Britz, Dahanukar, Standing, Philip, Kumar and Raghavan 2020Rakthamichthys digressus (Gopi 2002) Britz, Dahanukar, Standing, Philip, Kumar and Raghavan 2020Aenigmachanna gollum Britz, Anoop, Dahanukar and Raghavan 2019Pangio pathala Sundar, Arjun, Sidharthan, Dahanukar and Raghavan 2022