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Auchenoglanis
Sign in to saveAuchenoglanis is a genus of relatively large, up to SL, claroteid catfishes native to various freshwater habitats in Africa.
Species
Giraffe catfish
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSiluriformes
- FamilyClaroteidae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations54
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 19
- Family
- Claroteidae
- Collections
- CUMV, AUM, USNM, CAS, NRM, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Central African Republic, Nigeria, Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The, Congo Kinshasa, Cameroon
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Claroteidae
- Image
- Auchenoglanis occidentalis 02.jpg
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- Commons category
- Auchenoglanis
- taxon name
- Auchenoglanis
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Auchenoglanis
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Living species
- Fossil species
- References
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.
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