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Pangio pathala Sundar, Arjun, Sidharthan, Dahanukar & Raghavan 2022 |
| Family: | Cobitidae (Spined loaches) | |||
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| Environment: | demersal; freshwater | |||
| Distribution: | Asia: India. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Vertebrae: 67-67. This species is distinguished from all its congeners (except P. bhujia) by the followng characters: dorsal fin absent (vs. present); pectoral-fin rays, 4 including an unbranched rudimentary ray (vs. 5-11); caudal-fin rays segmented, 13 with both branched and unbranched (vs. 14-16)l caudal vertebrae 27 (vs. 11-20), the highest among the known members of the genus; differs from its only subterranean congener, P. bhujia, with pectoral-fin rays 4 (vs. 3); anal-fin rays 5 (vs. 6); vertebrae 67 (vs. 62-63); and a raw genetic distance of 8.1–8.7% in the mitochondrial co1 gene (Ref. 132416). | |||
| Biology: | The specimens were collected from an overhead water-storage tank connected to an old dug-out well using an electric water pump; in which the well is approximately 17 feet deep, and drawn water was used for drinking and household activities (Ref. 132416). | |||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||