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

A second subterranean species of Pangio is described from an old dug-out well in Kerala, Southern India. The new species, Pangio pathala is unique within the genus in possessing the highest number (27) of caudal vertebrae. Pangio pathala is distinguished from P.