Gymnallabes

Taxobox
name = "Gymnallabes"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Siluriformes
familia = Clariidae
genus = "Gymnallabes"
genus_authority = Günther, 1867
type_species = "Gymnallabes typus"
type_species_authority = Günther, 1867
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
"Gymnallabes nops"
Roberts & Stewart, 1976""'
"Gymnallabes typus"
Günther, 1867""'

"Gymnallabes" is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Clariidae. It includes two species, "G. nops" and "G. typus".cite journal|url=http://silurus.acnatsci.org/ACSI/library/biblios/2007_Ferraris_Catfish_Checklist.pdf|title=Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types|first=Carl J., Jr.|last=Ferraris|journal=Zootaxa|volume=1418|pages=1–628|year=2007|format=PDF] "Gymnallabes" species are thin and eel-like for burrowing.cite journal|last=Devaere|first=S.|coauthors=Adriaens, D.; Teugels, G.G.; Verraes, W.; De Clerq, N.; Postnov, A.|year=2005|title=Holotype skeletal morphology of "Gymnallabes nops" (Roberts & Stewart, 1976), using micro CT-scanning|journal=Cybium (3e série)|volume=29|pages=281–293]

"G. nops" is distributed in the Lower Congo River. It grows to 5.7 cm (2.2 in SL.FishBase species|genus=Gymnallabes|species=nops|year=2008|month=Sep]

"G. typus" is distributed in the Niger River to Cameroon. It grows to 23.0 cm (9.1 in) TL.FishBase species|genus=Gymnallabes|species=typus|year=2008|month=Sep]

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