Pangio anguillaris, also known as the eel loach

Posted by Sarah on November 17, 2008

This is a picture of one of the other fish we got from Lotsoffish on Aquabid.

These guys are so much fun, although they do hide a lot.

The main selling point was that they were the most eel like loaches the seller had ever seen.

We normally see the Pangio anguillaris swimming around the tank as fast as they can trying to find somewhere to hide, although Jeff did see one of them swim up to a Queen botia and take away a shrimp pellet.

I was pretty surprised at that – the botias are fiesty little things.

Every now and then we’ll see of the Pangio anguillaris out, or one poking it’s head out behind something.

They’re so cute that it’s worth it, even though they aren’t out too often.