Amphilius

Amphilius
Amphilius longirostris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Amphiliidae
Subfamily: Amphiliinae
Genus: Amphilius
Günther, 1864
Type species
Pimelodus platychir
Günther, 1864
Synonyms

Anoplopterus Pfeffer, 1889
Chimarrhoglanis Vaillant, 1897

Amphilius is a genus of catfishes of the family Amphiliidae.[1]

Amphilius catfish have fairly lengthened bodies, with short, depressed, and broad heads. They have three pairs of fringed barbels. The eyes, small and located dorsally, are very distant from each other, and are without a free edge. The caudal fin is forked or emarginated.[2] Unlike species of Paramphilius, the snout is greater than half of the snout length, the adipose fin is not confluent with the caudal fin in adult specimens, and the anal fin has seven or fewer branched rays.[2]

Species

There are currently 33 recognized species in this genus:

References

  1. ^ Ferraris, C.J.Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1.
  2. ^ a b Skelton, P.H. (1992). "Amphiliidae" (PDF). Faune des poissons d'eaux douces et saumâtres d'Afrique de l'Ouest. Vol. Tome 2. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgique and O.R.S.T.O.M., Paris, France, 902. pp. 450–467.
  3. ^ a b c d e Thomson A.W.; Page L.M.; Hilber S.A. (2015). "Revision of the Amphilius jacksonii complex (Siluriformes: Amphiliidae), with the descriptions of five new species". Zootaxa. 3986 (1): 61–87. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3986.1.3. PMID 26250171.