Giant Kuhli Loach
Pangio myersi
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Myers' loach from the lower Mekong (Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand) is black with broad orange bands and reaches 10 centimetres. It lives in lowland streams and peat swamps. Peaceful, it likes to stay in groups. Captive breeding has not been recorded.
- Scientific name
- Pangio myersi
- Family
- Cobitidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Cobitidae
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Synonyms
- Acanthophthalmus myersi
Origin
- Native region
- Ásia
Water
- Temperature
- 21–26 °C
- pH
- 5–7
- General hardness (GH)
- 0–8 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 10 cm
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 54 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 60 cm
Behavior
- Social life
- School
- Minimum group
- 5
- Swimming level
- Bottom
Care
- Care difficulty
- Easy
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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