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Teleostei (teleosts) >
Cypriniformes (Carps) >
Cobitidae (Spined loaches)
Etymology: pathala: Name based on the Sanskrit word pâtâla, which means ‘below the feet’, referring to the
subterranean realms of the universe—which are located under the earth’s surface; noun in apposition.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
Distribution
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Asia: India.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Vertebrae: 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).
Cross section: oval.
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).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Sundar, R. L., C. P. Arjun, A. Sidharthan, N. Dahanukar and R. Raghavan, 2022. A new diminutive subterranean eel loach species of the genus Pangio (Teleostei: Cobitidae) from Southern India. Zootaxa 5138(1):89-97. (Ref. 132416)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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