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Parauchenoglanis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subfamily
  
Auchenoglanidinae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus

Family
  
Claroteidae

Scientific name
  
Parauchenoglanis

Higher classification
  
Bagridae

Order
  
Catfish

Similar
  
Catfish, Claroteidae, Auchenoglanis, Bagridae, Auchenoglanidinae

Parauchenoglanis species


Parauchenoglanis is a genus of claroteid catfishes native to Africa.

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The range of the genus Parauchenoglanis stretches from the coastal lowlands of Benin and Nigeria to the Okavango and upper Zambezi River systems in Botswana and Zambia.

Parauchenoglanis species


Species

Parauchenoglanis currently contains the following nine recognized species:

  • Parauchenoglanis ahli (Holly, 1930)
  • Parauchenoglanis altipinnis (Boulenger, 1911)
  • Parauchenoglanis balayi (Sauvage, 1879)
  • Parauchenoglanis buettikoferi (Popta, 1913)
  • Parauchenoglanis longiceps (Boulenger, 1913)
  • Parauchenoglanis monkei (Keilhack, 1910) (Dotted catfish)
  • Parauchenoglanis ngamensis (Boulenger, 1911) (Zambezi grunter)
  • Parauchenoglanis pantherinus (Pellegrin, 1929)
  • Parauchenoglanis punctatus (Boulenger, 1902)

    • References

    Parauchenoglanis Wikipedia
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