Pangio

Buckthorn Eye

The Thorn eyes ( Pangio ) ( Syn: Acanthophthalmus ) are a genus of loach ( Cobitidae ). The benthic freshwater fish live in Southeast Asia, including the islands of Sumatra, Borneo and Java, India, and Bangladesh. They live in marshes, ponds, lakes, Still waters of rivers, but also in flowing streams, mud and sandy soils between herabgefallenem leaves, roots and plants. In places, they are very common.

Buckthorn Eye feed largely on small crustaceans, such as Chydorus, Bosmina or ostracods ( Ostracoda ).

Features

Dorn eyes have a eel-like, elongated body that is laterally flattened somewhat. The head is scaleless, the eye covered by a transparent skin. Before the eye is the characteristic of loaches Praeorbitalstachel. The under constant foot has three to four pairs of barbels. The pelvic fins and the short dorsal fin located behind the center of the body, the anal fin behind the dorsal fin. Dorn eyes have a rounded to slightly notched tail fin. Most species are brown, some have brown on yellowish or beige base or almost black stripes from the back stretching down the flanks. Their length is according to the type three to twelve inches.

Species

  • Buckthorn Eye ( Pangio ) Pangio agma - ( Burridge, 1992)
  • Pangio alcoides - Kottelat & Lim, 1993
  • Pangio alternans - Kottelat & Lim, 1993
  • Eel thorn eye ( Pangio anguillaris ) - ( Vaillant, 1902)
  • Pangio apoda Britz & Maclaine, 2007
  • Pangio borneensis - ( Boulenger, 1894)
  • Pangio cuneovirgata - ( Raut, 1957)
  • Pangio doriae - (Perugia, 1892)
  • Pangio elongata Britz & Maclaine, 2007
  • Pangio filinaris - Kottelat & Lim, 1993
  • Pangio fusca - ( Blyth, 1860)
  • Pangio goaensis - ( Tilak, 1972)
  • Pangio incognito - Kottelat & Lim, 1993
  • Spotted thorn eye ( Pangio kuhlii ) - ( Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1846)
  • Pangio longipinnis - ( Menon, 1992)
  • Pangio lumbriciformis Britz & Maclaine, 2007
  • Pangio malayana - ( Tweedie, 1956)
  • Pangio mariarum - ( Inger & Chin, 1962)
  • Moray - thorn eye ( Pangio muraeniformis ) - ( de Beaufort, 1933)
  • Pangio myersi - ( Harry, 1949)
  • Java thorn eye ( Pangio oblonga ) - ( Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1846)
  • Cinnamon- thorn eye ( Pangio pangia ) - ( Hamilton, 1822)
  • Pangio piperata - Kottelat & Lim, 1993
  • Pangio pulla - Kottelat & Lim, 1993
  • Pangio robiginosa - ( Raut, 1957)
  • Halbgebändertes thorn eye ( Pangio semicincta ) - ( Fraser -Brunner, 1940)
  • Borneo thorn eye ( Pangio shelfordii ) - ( Popta, 1903)
  • Pangio signicauda Britz & Maclaine, 2007
  • Pangio superba - ( Roberts, 1989)
Taxonomic rank#All ranks Ostariophysi Edward Blyth Barbel (anatomy) Fish fin Kuhli loach FishBase
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