Zaireichthys

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Kingdom Animalia Subfamily Leptoglanidinae Phylum Chordata Order Catfish		Family Amphiliidae Scientific name Zaireichthys Rank Genus
Lower classifications Zaireichthys zonatus, Zaireichthys wamiensis, Zaireichthys heterurus

Zaireichthys is a genus of loach catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Amphiliidae.

Distribution

Zaireichthys species are found in Africa.

Zaireichthys species are quite small ranging from 2.1 cm (P. lacustris) to 3.9 cm (P. flavomaculatus) in length.

There are currently 18 described species in this genus:

Zaireichthys brevis (Boulenger, 1915)

Zaireichthys camerunensis (Daget & Stauch, 1963)

Zaireichthys compactus Seegers, 2008

Zaireichthys conspicuus Eccles, Tweddle & P. H. Skelton, 2011

Zaireichthys dorae (Poll, 1967) (Chobe sand catlet)

Zaireichthys flavomaculatus (Pellegrin, 1926)

Zaireichthys heterurus T. R. Roberts, 2003

Zaireichthys kafuensis Eccles, Tweddle & P. H. Skelton, 2011

Zaireichthys kavangoensis Eccles, Tweddle & P. H. Skelton, 2011

Zaireichthys kunenensis Eccles, Tweddle & P. H. Skelton, 2011

Zaireichthys lacustris Eccles, Tweddle & P. H. Skelton, 2011

Zaireichthys mandevillei (Poll, 1959)

Zaireichthys maravensis Eccles, Tweddle & P. H. Skelton, 2011

Zaireichthys monomotapa Eccles, Tweddle & P. H. Skelton, 2011

Zaireichthys pallidus Eccles, Tweddle & P. H. Skelton, 2011

Zaireichthys rotundiceps (Hilgendorf, 1905) (Spotted sand catlet)

Zaireichthys wamiensis (Seegers, 1989)

Zaireichthys zonatus T. R. Roberts, 1967

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