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Andersonia leptura is a species of catfish (order Siluriformes) of the family Amphiliidae, and is the only species of the genus Andersonia.[1] This fish grows to about 50.0 centimetres (19.7 in) TL; it originates from the Omo, Niger, and Upper Nile Rivers of the Lake Chad basin, and is also known from Lake Debo.[2] Although previously considered to be toothless on the lower jaw, dentition has been found on the premaxilla and the dentary. The teeth are embedded in the mucous sheath that covers the head and extends into the oral cavity, which makes the teeth difficult to see with the naked eye.[3]
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- ^ Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa 1418: 1–628.
- ^ "Andersonia leptura". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
- ^ Golubtsov, A. S.; Moots, K. A.; Dzerjinskii, K. F. (2004). "Dentition in the African catfishes Andersonia (Amphiliidae) and Siluranodon (Schilbeidae) previously considered toothless". Journal of Fish Biology 64: 146–158. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2004.00291.x.
