Andersonia leptura

Taxobox
name = "Andersonia leptura"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Siluriformes
familia = Amphiliidae
subfamilia = Doumeinae
genus = "Andersonia"
genus_authority = Boulenger, 1900
species = "A. leptura"
binomial = "Andersonia leptura"
binomial_authority = Boulenger, 1900
synonyms =
*"Slatinia mongallensis"
Werner, 1906
*"Andersonia brevior"
Boulenger, 1918
*"Andersonia pellegrini"
Boulenger, 1918

"Andersonia leptura" is a species of catfish (order Siluriformes) of the family Amphiliidae, and is the only species of the genus "Andersonia". [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] This fish grows to about 50.0 centimetres (19.7 in) TL; it originates from the Omo, Niger, and Upper Nile Rivers of the Lake Chad basin, and is also known from Lake Debo. [FishBase species|genus=Andersonia|species=leptura|year=2007|month=July] Although previously considered to be toothless on the lower jaw, dentition has been found on the premaxilla and the dentary. The teeth are embedded in the mucous sheath that covers the head and extends into the oral cavity, which makes the teeth difficult to see with the naked eye. [cite journal|title=Dentition in the African catfishes "Andersonia" (Amphiliidae) and "Siluranodon" (Schilbeidae) previously considered toothless|first=A. S.|last=Golubtsov|coauthors=Moots, K. A.; Dzerjinskii, K. F.|journal=Journal of Fish Biology|year=2004|volume=64|pages=146–158|doi=10.1111/j.1095-8649.2004.00291.x]

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