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Claroteidae

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The Claroteidae are a family of catfish (order Siluriformes) found in Africa. This family was separated from Bagridae. However, the monophyly of the family is sometimes contested.

Giraffe catfish

species of fish

Chrysichthys is a genus of claroteid catfishes native to Africa. Two fossil species are known. Chrysichthys macrotis, Van Neer, 1994, is known from the Miocene-Pliocene of the Albertine Rift in Uganda and Chrysichthys mahengeensis, Murray & Budney, 2003, is known from the Eocene of the Mahenge Formation, Tanzania.

Pardiglanis tarabinii

species of fish

Chrysichthys auratus

species of fish

Bathybagrus tetranema

species of fish

Amarginops platus

species of fish

Bathybagrus is a genus of claroteid catfishes native to Africa where they are only found in Lake Tanganyika.

Auchenoglanis is a genus of relatively large, up to SL, claroteid catfishes native to various freshwater habitats in Africa.

Phyllonemus is a genus of claroteid catfish native to Africa where it is only found in Lake Tanganyika.

Platyglanis depierrei

species of fish

Lophiobagrus is a genus of catfish in the family Claroteidae. They are endemic to Lake Tanganyika in Africa.

Bathybagrus platycephalus

species of fish

Chrysichthys grandis

The kukumai (Bathybagrus grandis) is a species of claroteid catfish endemic to Lake Tanganyika along the border of Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia. It reaches a length of 63 cm (24.8 inches) TL and is a minor component of local commercial fisheries.

Parauchenoglanis

Parauchenoglanis is a genus of claroteid catfishes native to Africa.

Spatula-barbeled catfish

species of fish

Bathybagrus stappersii

species of fish

Bathybagrus sianenna

species of fish

African bullhead

species of fish

Notoglanidium is a genus of claroteid catfishes native to Africa. The formerly recognized genera Anaspidoglanis, Liauchenoglanis and Platyglanis have all been merged into Notoglanidium.

Lophiobagrus aquilus

species of fish

Gephyroglanis is a genus of claroteid catfishes native to Africa.

Clarotes is a genus of claroteid catfishes native to East Africa.

Chrysichthys depressus

species of Actinopterygii

Parauchenoglanis longiceps

species of fish

Anaspidoglanis macrostomus

species of fish

The Kibonde or salmontail catfish, Chrysichthys brachynema, is a Lake Tanganyikan catfish of the family Claroteidae, occasionally kept in aquariums. This fish may be listed as Amarginops brachynema.

Gephyroglanis habereri

species of fish

Gephyroglanis gymnorhynchus

species of fish

Anaspidoglanis boutchangai

species of fish

Bathybagrus graueri

species of fish

Anaspidoglanis akiri

species of fish

Gephyroglanis congicus

species of fish

Amarginops is a genus of claroteid catfishes native to Africa where they are only found in Congo River system.