Borneo loach
| Borneo loach | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cobitidae |
| Genus: | Pangio |
| Species: | P. shelfordii
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| Binomial name | |
| Pangio shelfordii (Popta, 1903)
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The Borneo loach (Pangio shelfordii) is a Southeast Asian species of cobitid fish. It is a river fish found on the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo Most commonly found in shallow, slow-moving sections of forest streams or other calm habitats such as swamps, oxbows, and backwaters.
Many such environments are associated with ancient peat swamps and contain black water although it’s also found in clear waters which may or may not be tannin-stained to some extent.
Such habitats are typically shaded from the sun by marginal vegetation and the dense tree canopy above.
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Pangio shelfordii". FishBase.