Borneo loach
Pangio shelfordii
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An eel loach from the Malay Peninsula, Singapore, Sumatra and Borneo, from dark-water forest streams, among leaf litter.
- Scientific name
- Pangio shelfordii
- Family
- Cobitidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Cobitidae
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Synonyms
- Acanthophthalmus muraeniformis, Acanthophthalmus shelfordi, Acanthophthalmus shelfordii, Acanthopthalmus shelfordi, Pangio muraeniformis, Pangio shelfordi
Origin
- Native region
- Ásia
Water
- Temperature
- 21–26 °C
- pH
- 4–7
- General hardness (GH)
- 0–8 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 8 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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