A man of genius makes no mistakes: his mistakes were the prelude of the discovery. (Cited in James Joyce)
seems that I only refer to the smaller fish (and in fact is partly true) but you have to do a post on this discovery, at least for someone like me who is crazy about the genre Pango.
Pango oblonga (Valenciennes, 1846) - source loaches.com
Ralf Britz & Maurice Kottelat (which even a few months ago he described Pango shores ) have discovered and classified as a new kind of eel-loach "and called it Pango longimanus that has as main features a very small size for the genus, the adult specimens measuring only 23 mm, as well as fin pectoral extremely elongated in males. Discovered in the central regions of Laos, was initially mistaken for sub-adult specimens of another species of Pango. After a closer examination of three specimens, which showed differences in the pattern and morphology in comparison with other species, it was discovered that one of the three was in fact an adult male, classifying these Cobitidae as the smallest of the genus Pango.
To read the introduction to the article, refer to this link .
That said, expect to see photos of this eels, while I enjoy my P. Khula playing ...
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