Amphilius
Amphilius | |
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Amphilius longirostris | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Amphiliidae |
Subfamily: | Amphiliinae |
Genus: | Amphilius Günther, 1864 |
Type species | |
Pimelodus platychir Günther, 1864
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Synonyms | |
Anoplopterus Pfeffer, 1889 |
Amphilius is a genus of catfishes of the family Amphiliidae.[1]
Amphilius catfish have fairly lengthened bodies, with short, depressed, and broad heads. 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 emarginated.[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 has seven or fewer branched rays.[2]
Species[]
There are currently 34 recognized species in this genus:
- Boulenger, 1904
- & , 2010
- Boulenger, 1902
- , 2007
- Seegers, 2008
- Amphilius crassus & , 2015 [3]
- , 1986
- , 2007
- Amphilius frieli & , 2015 [3]
- Pellegrin, 1913 [3]
- Boulenger, 1905
- Amphilius jacksonii Boulenger, 1912 (Marbled mountain catfish)
- , & , 1987
- Pellegrin, 1933
- , 2007
- Boulenger, 1911
- Lönnberg & Rendahl (de), 1920
- Pietschmann, 1913
- , 1984 (Broadtail mountain catfish)
- Trewavas, 1936
- (Boulenger, 1901)
- Amphilius lujani & , 2015 [3]
- Boulenger, 1919
- , 2007
- Boulenger, 1917 (Natal mountain catfish)
- Pellegrin, 1909
- Boulenger, 1919
- Amphilius pedunculus & , 2015 [3]
- Amphilius platychir (Günther, 1864) (Mountain barbel)
- Pellegrin, 1929
- Daget, 1959
- Amphilius ruziziensis & , 2015 [3]
- (Pfeffer, 1889) (Stargazer mountain catfish)
- , 1986
References[]
- ^ Ferraris, C.J.Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1.
- ^ a b Skelton, P.H. (1992). "Amphiliidae" (PDF). Faune des poissons d'eaux douces et saumâtres d'Afrique de l'Ouest. Vol. Tome 2. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgique and O.R.S.T.O.M., Paris, France, 902. pp. 450–467.
- ^ a b c d e f Thomson A.W.; Page L.M.; Hilber S.A. (2015). "Revision of the Amphilius jacksonii complex (Siluriformes: Amphiliidae), with the descriptions of five new species". Zootaxa. 3986 (1): 61–87. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3986.1.3. PMID 26250171.
Categories:
- Amphilius
- Amphiliidae
- Fish of Africa
- Catfish genera
- Taxa named by Albert Günther
- Freshwater fish genera