Pangio
Actinopterygii
RARE
Stats
- Lifespan
- 10-14 yrs
- Size
- Small
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Activity
- Nocturnal
- Social
- School
- Biome
- Tropical rainforest
- Range
- Southeast Asia
- Movement
- Swimming
- Breeding
- Egg-laying
- Defense
- Spines
- Status
- Rare
About
This slender, eel-like fish dwells in the dark, sandy bottoms of forest streams. It possesses sharp, retractable spines beneath its eyes to deter larger predators.
Life cycle
- 1.hatchling fryA tiny fry hatches with a yolk sac and begins free-swimming once the sac is absorbed.
- 2.juvenileA juvenile takes on adult body shape and feeds on small prey, often in nursery waters.
- 3.adultFully grown at adult size and coloration.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Cobitidae
- Genus
- Pangio