Auchenoglanis
Sign in to saveAuchenoglanis is a genus of relatively large, up to SL, claroteid catfishes native to various freshwater habitats in Africa.
Taxonomy · GBIF
Giraffe catfish
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- OrderSiluriformes
- FamilyClaroteidae
Observations54
Groupactinopterygii
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Claroteidae
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Auchenoglanis is a genus of relatively large, up to SL, claroteid catfishes native to various freshwater habitats in Africa.
Auchenoglanis is a primitive member of the subfamily Auchenoglanidinae (also includes Notoglanidium and Parauchenoglanis) and represents a stem group.