Anaspidoglanis

Taxobox
name = "Anaspidoglanis"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Siluriformes
familia = Claroteidae
subfamilia = Auchenoglanidinae
genus = "Anaspidoglanis"
genus_authority = Teugels, Risch, de Vos & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1991
type_species = "Auchenoglanis macrostoma"
type_species_authority = Pellegrin, 1909
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
"Anaspidoglanis akiri"
(Risch, 1987)
"Anaspidoglanis boutchangai"
(Thys van den Audenaerde, 1965)
"Anaspidoglanis macrostomus"
(Pellegrin, 1909)

"Anaspidoglanis" is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Claroteidae. It contains three species, "A. akiri", "A. boutchangai", and "A. macrostomus".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]

The species of this genus occur in the Lower Guinean Region (excluding the Nigerian coastal rivers) and Zaire.cite journal|last=Teugels|first=G. G.|coauthors=Risch, L.; De Vos, L.; Audenaerde, D.F.E. Thys van den|title=Generic review of the African bagrid catfish genera "Auchenoglanis" and "Parauchenoglanis" with description of a new genus|journal=Journal of Natural History|volume=25|issue=2|pages=499-517] "A. akiri" is distributed in Niger River delta, New Calabar and Bony Rivers in Nigeria. "A. boutchangai" is known only from its type locality Ngounié or Louetsi River in Gabon. "A. macrostomus" is distributed in South Cameroon, Gabon, and Congo River system.

"A. akiri" grows to 10.7 cm (4.2 in) SL.FishBase species|genus=Anaspidoglanis|species=akiri|year=2008|month=Sep] "A. boutchangai" grows to 22.5 cm (8.9 in) TL.FishBase species|genus=Anaspidoglanis|species=boutchangai|year=2008|month=Sep] "A. macrostomus" grows to 24.0 cm (9.4 in) TL.FishBase species|genus=Anaspidoglanis|species=macrostomus|year=2008|month=Sep]

"A. macrostomus" is nocturnal and crepuscular. It preys on insect larvae, crustaceans, and small fish.

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