- Amphilius
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Amphilius Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Siluriformes Family: Amphiliidae Subfamily: Amphiliinae Genus: Amphilius
Günther, 1864Type species Pimelodus platychir
Günther, 1864Species See text.
Synonyms Amphilius is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Amphiliidae.[1]
Amphilus are catfish with the fairly lengthened body, with a short, depressed, and broad head. They have three pairs of fringed barbels. The eyes, small and located dorsally, are very distant from each other, and are without a free edge. The caudal fin is forked or emarginate.[2] Unlike species of Paramphilius, the snout is greater than half of the snout length, the adipose fin is not confluent with the caudal fin in adult specimens, and the anal fin is with 7 or fewer branched rays.[2]
Species
- Amphilius atesuensis Boulenger, 1904
- Amphilius baudoni Pellegrin, 1928
- Amphilius brevis Boulenger, 1902
- Amphilius caudosignatus Skelton, 2007
- Amphilius cryptobullatus Skelton, 1986
- Amphilius dimonikensis Skelton, 2007
- Marbled mountain catfish, Amphilius jacksonii Boulenger, 1912
- Amphilius kakrimensis Teugels, Skelton & Lévêque, 1987
- Amphilius kivuensis Pellegrin, 1933
- Amphilius korupi Skelton, 2007
- Amphilius lamani Lönnberg & Rendahl, 1920
- Amphilius lampei Pietschmann, 1913
- Amphilius laticaudatus Skelton, 1984
- Amphilius lentiginosus Trewavas, 1936
- Amphilius longirostris (Boulenger, 1901)
- Amphilius maesii Boulenger, 1919
- Amphilius mamonekenensis Skelton, 2007
- Amphilius natalensis Boulenger, 1917
- Amphilius opisthophthalmus Boulenger, 1919
- Mountain barbel, Amphilius platychir (Günther, 1864)
- Amphilius pulcher Pellegrin, 1929
- Amphilius rheophilus Daget, 1959
- Amphilius uranoscopus (Pfeffer, 1889)
- Amphilius zairensis Skelton, 1986
References
- ^ Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa 1418: 1–628. http://silurus.acnatsci.org/ACSI/library/biblios/2007_Ferraris_Catfish_Checklist.pdf.
- ^ a b Skelton, Paul H. (1992). "Amphiliidae (French)" (PDF). Faune des poissons d'eaux douces et saumâtres d'Afrique de l'Ouest. Tome 2. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgique and O.R.S.T.O.M., Paris, France, 902. pp. 450–467. http://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/pleins_textes_6/Fau_trop/36567.pdf.
Categories:- Siluriformes stubs
- Amphiliidae
- Fish of Africa
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