Metadata

Pangio juhuae

Sreenath, Pradeep, Aju, Sukumaran, Sebastian, Anto and George 2025

ORDERSUB-ORDERFAMILY
CypriniformesCobitoidei Cobitidae

Synonyms

None.

Country

India

Types

Holotype: CMFRI DNR GB 22.4.1.1, Naduvannur, Kozhikode, Kerala

Paratypes: (I) CMFRI DNR GB 22.4.1.1.1, (II) CMFRI DNR GB 22.4.1.1.2. Naduvannur, Kozhikode, Kerala

Distribution

Currently, the species is known only from its type locality, Naduvannur, a village in Kozhikode District, Kerala State, India

Habitat

The fish was first observed in a water tank filled with water drawn from a dug-out well on a sloping terrain (150 m asl). The well is supplied with underwater springs

Systematics

This is the third subterreranean fish in the genus Pangio, the other two are:

Pangio bhujia Anoop, Britz, Arjun, Dahanukar and Raghavan 2019

Pangio pathala Sundar, Arjun, Sidharthan, Dahanukar and Raghavan 2022

Conservation Status

Key References

Sreenath, K.R., Pradeep, B., Aju, K.R., Sukumaran, S., Sebastian, W., Anto, A. and George, G. Journal Article 2025 Discovery of a new species of troglobitic eel loach from southern India