Chiloglanis

Chiloglanis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Mochokidae
Genus: Chiloglanis
Peters, 1868
Type species
Chiloglanis deckenii
Peters, 1868
Species

See text.

Chiloglanis is a genus of upside-down catfishes native to Africa.

Description

Chiloglanis species have modified lips and barbels that form a suckermouth.[1] They also have a naked (scaleless) body.[2] Sexual dimorphism has been reported in Chiloglanis. The adult males of many of these species have elongate anal and caudal fins. Also, males may have an enlarged humeral process.[3]

Species

There are currently 49 recognized species in this genus: [4]

References

  1. Nelson, Joseph S. (2006). Fishes of the World. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN 0-471-25031-7.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Ng, H.H.; Bailey, R.M. (2006). "Chiloglanis productus, a new species of suckermouth catfish (Siluriformes: Mochokidae) from Zambia". Occasional Papers of the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology 738: 1–13.
  3. Friel, John P.; Vigliotta, Thomas R. (2006). "Synodontis acanthoperca, a new species from the Ogôoué River system, Gabon with comments on spiny ornamentation and sexual dimorphism in mochokid catfishes (Siluriformes: Mochokidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa 1125: 45–56.
  4. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Chiloglanis in FishBase. December 2011 version.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Friel, John P.; Vigliotta, Thomas R. (2011). "Three new species of African suckermouth catfishes, genus Chiloglanis (Siluriformes: Mochokidae), from the lower Malagarasi and Luiche rivers of western Tanzania." (PDF). Zootaxa 3063: 1–21.