Parauchenoglanis
| Parauchenoglanis | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Parauchenoglanis longiceps | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Claroteidae |
| Subfamily: | Auchenoglanidinae |
| Genus: | Parauchenoglanis Boulenger, 1911 |
| Type species | |
| Pimelodus guttatus Lönnberg, 1895 | |
| Species | |
| See text. | |
Parauchenoglanis is a genus of claroteid catfishes native to Africa.
The range of the genus Parauchenoglanis stretches from the coastal lowlands of Benin and Nigeria to the Okavango and upper Zambezi River systems in Botswana and Zambia.[1]
Species
[edit]Parauchenoglanis currently contains the following 10 recognized species:[2]
- Parauchenoglanis ahli (Holly, 1930)
- Parauchenoglanis altipinnis (Boulenger, 1911)
- Parauchenoglanis balayi (Sauvage, 1879)
- Parauchenoglanis buettikoferi (Popta, 1913)
- Parauchenoglanis longiceps (Boulenger, 1913)
- Parauchenoglanis monkei (Keilhack, 1910) (Dotted catfish)
- Parauchenoglanis ngamensis (Boulenger, 1911) (Zambezi grunter)
- Parauchenoglanis pantherinus (Pellegrin, 1929)
- Parauchenoglanis punctatus (Boulenger, 1902)
- Parauchenoglanis stiassnyae
(Modimo, Bernt, Monsembula Iyaba, Mbimbi & Liyandja, 2024)
References
[edit]- ^ Geerinckx, T.; Adriaens, D.; Teugels, G. G.; Verraes, W. (2004). "A systematic revision of the African catfish genus Parauchenoglanis (Siluriformes: Claroteidae)". Journal of Natural History. 38 (6): 775–803. doi:10.1080/0022293021000039160. S2CID 84727032.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Parauchenoglanis". FishBase. December 2011 version.
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