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Scientific Name	**Pangio anguillaris** (Vaillant, 1902)
Common Name
Type Locality	Kapuas River, Borneo, Indonesia.
Synonym(s)	Acanthophthalmus anguillaris, Acanthophthalmus vermicularis, Acantophthalmus anguillaris, Cobitophis anguillaris, Cobitophis perakensis
Species Information
Size	120mm or 4.7" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	Loaches of the genus Pangio are distributed in India and most of Indochina and the Sunda Islands (Kottelat & Lim, 1993). They comprise 31 valid species of small, elongated, eel-like cypriniforms commonly known as eel-loaches.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Asia: Mekong and Chao Phraya basins, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo. Mekong (click on these areas to find other species found there) Thailand Waters, Chao Praya (click on these areas to find other species found there) Pacific, Malaysia Waters, Peninsular Malaysia Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there) Pacific, Greater Sunda Island Rivers, Sumatra Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there) Pacific, Greater Sunda Island Rivers, Borneo Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2019.
Husbandry Information
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Notes from the Leyden Museum v. 24 (note 1), pp 151, Fig. 46.
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 01 12:57 (species record created: 2014 Nov 17 03:25)