Uegitglanis zammaranoi

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Uegitglanis zammaranoi
Conservation status
Vulnerable[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Siluriformes Family: Clariidae Genus: Uegitglanis Gianferrari, 1923 Species: U. zammaranoi
Binomial name
Uegitglanis zammaranoi Gianferrari, 1923

Uegitglanis zammaranoi is the only species of catfish (order Siluriformes) in the genus Uegitglanis of the family Clariidae.^[2] It is restricted to caves near the Uegit and the Uebi Scebeli Rivers in Somalia.^[2][3] This species grows to about 10.1 centimetres (4.0 in) TL.^[3]

[edit] References

1. ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). Uegitglanis zammaranoi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 05 August 2007.
2. ^ ^{a b} Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa 1418: 1–628. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "Uegiglanis zammaranoi". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. Aug 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.