Austroglanis

Austroglanididae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Superfamily: Bagroidea
Family: Austroglanididae
Mo, 1991
Genus: Austroglanis
Skelton, Risch & de Vos, 1984
Species

A. barnardi
A. gilli
A. sclateri

Austroglanis is the only genus in the catfish family Austroglanididae. This family was split off from the Bagridae catfish family.[1] All three species of catfishes in the family Austroglanididae are endemic to southern Africa (South Africa and Namibia), and all three are threatened.[2]

These fish have three pairs of barbels (they lack nasal barbels). They have strong dorsal and pectoral fin spines. The adipose fin is small.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Nelson, Joseph, S. (2006). Fishes of the World. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.. ISBN 0471250317. 
  2. ^ Bruton, Michael N. (1996). "Threatened fishes of the world: Austroglanis barnardi (Skelton, 1981) (Austroglanididae)" (PDF). Environmental Biology of Fishes 45 (4): 382. doi:10.1007/BF00002530. http://www.springerlink.com/content/x73g7322414m3382/fulltext.pdf.