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A new diminutive subterranean eel loach species of the genus Pangio (Teleostei: Cobitidae) from Southern India

  • 1. Faculty of Ocean Science and Technology, Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS), Kochi, India arya@kufos.ac.in; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-1895 & Zoo Outreach Organization (ZOO), Coimbatore, India
  • 2. Department of Life Sciences, School of Natural Sciences, Shiv Nadar University, Delhi-NCR, India. neelesh.dahanukar@snu.edu.in; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7162-9023
  • 3. Department of Fisheries Resource Management, Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS), Kochi, India Malabar Awareness and Rescue Centre for Wildlife (MARC), Kannur, India

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Arjun, C.P., Sidharthan, Arya, Dahanukar, Neelesh, Raghavan, Rajeev (2022): A new diminutive subterranean eel loach species of the genus Pangio (Teleostei: Cobitidae) from Southern India. Zootaxa 5138 (1): 89-97, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5138.1.9

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