''Macrognathus pancalus'', the barred spiny eel or Indian spiny eel, or পাঁকাল in

bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the w ...

is a small freshwater fish in southern Asia. It usually is found in slow and shallow rivers. Males are more slender and often smaller than the females.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q1164380 pancalus Fish described in 1822