Paradoxoglanis
Paradoxoglanis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Malapteruridae |
Genus: | Paradoxoglanis , 2002 |
Type species | |
Paradoxoglanis caudivittatus Norris, 2002[1]
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Paradoxoglanis is a genus of electric catfishes native to Africa where all of the known species are endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The species in this genus range from about 11–17 centimetres (4.3–6.7 in) SL.[2]
Species[]
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Paradoxoglanis caudivittatus , 2002[1]
- Paradoxoglanis cryptus , 2002[1]
- Paradoxoglanis parvus , 2002[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c d Norris, Steven Mark (2002). "A revision of the African electric catfishes, family Malapteruridae (Teleostei, Siluriformes), with erection of a new genus and descriptions of fourteen new species, and an annotated bibliography. l". Annalen van het museum voor Midden-Afrika (serie Zoölogie). Tervuren, Belgium.: Royal Museum for Central Africa. 289: 1–155. ISSN 1781-1104.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Paradoxoglanis in FishBase. December 2011 version.
Categories:
- Malapteruridae
- Fish of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Endemic fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Taxa named by Steven Mark Norris
- Catfish genera
- Freshwater fish genera
- Strongly electric fish
- Siluriformes stubs