Congoglanis

Congoglanis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Siluriformes
Family:Amphiliidae
Subfamily:Doumeinae
Genus:Congoglanis
Ferraris, Vari & P. H. Skelton, 2011
Type species
Doumea alula
Nichols & Griscom, 1917

Congoglanis is a genus of loach catfishes found in the Congo River system of Africa. This genus is considered the sister group of all other species in the subfamily Doumeinae.[1]

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[2][3]

  • Congoglanis alula (Nichols & Griscom, 1917)
  • Congoglanis howesi Vari, Ferraris & P. H. Skelton, 2012[3]
  • Congoglanis inga Ferraris, Vari & P. H. Skelton, 2011
  • Congoglanis sagitta Ferraris, Vari & P. H. Skelton, 2011

References

  1. ↑ Ferraris, C.J. Jr., Vari, R.P. & Skelton, P.H. (2011): A new genus of African loach catfish (Siluriformes: Amphiliidae) from the Congo River basin, the sister-group to all other genera of the Doumeinae, with the description of two new species. Copeia, 2011: 477–489.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Congoglanis in FishBase. December 2012 version.
  3. 1 2 Vari, R.P., Ferraris, C.J., Jr. & Skelton, P.H. (2012): New Species of Congoglanis (Siluriformes: Amphiliidae) from the Southern Congo River Basin. Copeia, 2012 (4): 626-630.


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