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http://dr.iiserpune.ac.in:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/4163| Title: | Pangio bhujia, a new, peculiar species of miniature subterranean eel loach lacking dorsal and pelvic is fins from India (Teleostei: Cobitidae) |
| Authors: | Anoop, V. K. Britz, Ralf Arjun, C. P. DAHANUKAR, NEELESH Raghavan, Rajeev Dept. of Biology |
| Keywords: | Aquifers Freshwater fishes Hypogean Kerala Western Ghats TOC-OCT-2019 2019 |
| Issue Date: | Oct-2019 |
| Publisher: | Magnolia Press |
| Citation: | Zootaxa, 4683(1), 144-150. |
| Abstract: | A unique, new species of eel loach, Pangio bhujia, is described from Kerala, India. It is the first species of Pangio to be described from subterranean waters. It possesses several unusual characters including absence of both dorsal and pelvic fins, the presence of only 3 pectoral-fin rays, 6 anal-fin rays and a unique count of 38 precaudal + 24 caudal vertebrae. |
| URI: | http://dr.iiserpune.ac.in:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/4163 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4683.1.8 |
| ISSN: | 1175-5326 1175-5334 |
| Appears in Collections: | JOURNAL ARTICLES |
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