- Uegitglanis zammaranoi
Taxobox
name = "Uegitglanis zammaranoi"
status = VU | status_system = IUCN2.3
status_ref = IUCN2006|assessors=World Conservation Monitoring Centre|year=1996|id=22726|title=Uegitglanis zammaranoi|downloaded=05 August 2007 ]
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Actinopterygii
ordo =Siluriformes
familia =Clariidae
genus = "Uegitglanis"
genus_authority = Gianferrari, 1923
species = "U. zammaranoi"
binomial = "Uegitglanis zammaranoi"
binomial_authority = Gianferrari, 1923
synonyms ="Uegitglanis zammaranoi" is the only
species ofcatfish (order Siluriformes) in thegenus "Uegitglanis" of the familyClariidae .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 ] It is restricted to caves near the Uegit and theUebi Scebeli River s inSomalia .FishBase species|genus=Uegiglanis|species=zammaranoi|year=2007|month=Aug] This species grows to about 10.1centimetre s (4.0 in) TL."U. zammaranoi" is the sister group to "
Heteropneustes " and the remaining clariids. The problematic relationship of this species to the rest of the family is due to the lack of a labyrinth organ that characterizes the family.cite journal|title=Morphology and spatial constraints in a dorso-ventrally flattened skull, with a revised species description of "Platyallabes tihoni" (Poll, 1944)|first=Stijn|last=Devaere|coauthors=Adriaens, Dominique; Teugels, Guy G.; Verraes, Walter|journal=Journal of Natural History|year=2005|volume=39|issue=19|pages=1653–1673]References
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