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Amphilius

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Kingdom
  
Subfamily
  
Amphiliinae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Catfish

Family
  
Amphiliidae

Scientific name
  
Amphilius

Rank
  
Genus

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Lower classifications
  
Marbled mountain catfish, Mountain barbel

Amphilius uranoscopus


Amphilius is a genus of catfishes of the family Amphiliidae.

Contents

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. 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.

Amphilius uranoscopus


Species

There are currently 34 recognized species in this genus:

  • Amphilius atesuensis Boulenger, 1904
  • Amphilius athiensis A. W. Thomson & Page, 2010
  • Amphilius brevis Boulenger, 1902
  • Amphilius caudosignatus P. H. Skelton, 2007
  • Amphilius chalei Seegers, 2008
  • Amphilius crassus A. W. Thomson & Hilber, 2015
  • Amphilius cryptobullatus P. H. Skelton, 1986
  • Amphilius dimonikensis P. H. Skelton, 2007
  • Amphilius frieli A. W. Thomson & Page, 2015
  • Amphilius grammatophorus Pellegrin, 1913
  • Amphilius grandis Boulenger, 1905
  • Amphilius jacksonii Boulenger, 1912 (Marbled mountain catfish)
  • Amphilius kakrimensis Teugels, P. H. Skelton & Lévêque, 1987
  • Amphilius kivuensis Pellegrin, 1933
  • Amphilius korupi P. H. Skelton, 2007
  • Amphilius krefftii Boulenger, 1911
  • Amphilius lamani Lönnberg & Rendahl (de), 1920
  • Amphilius lampei Pietschmann, 1913
  • Amphilius laticaudatus P. H. Skelton, 1984 (Broadtail mountain catfish)
  • Amphilius lentiginosus Trewavas, 1936
  • Amphilius longirostris (Boulenger, 1901)
  • Amphilius lujani A. W. Thomson & Page, 2015
  • Amphilius maesii Boulenger, 1919
  • Amphilius mamonekenensis P. H. Skelton, 2007
  • Amphilius natalensis Boulenger, 1917 (Natal mountain catfish)
  • Amphilius nigricaudatus Pellegrin, 1909
  • Amphilius opisthophthalmus Boulenger, 1919
  • Amphilius pedunculus A. W. Thomson & Page, 2015
  • Amphilius platychir (Günther, 1864) (Mountain barbel)
  • Amphilius pulcher Pellegrin, 1929
  • Amphilius rheophilus Daget, 1959
  • Amphilius ruziziensis A. W. Thomson & Page, 2015
  • Amphilius uranoscopus (Pfeffer, 1889) (Stargazer mountain catfish)
  • Amphilius zairensis P. H. Skelton, 1986
  • References

    Amphilius Wikipedia