Pareutropius

Pareutropius
Pareutropius debauwi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Schilbeidae
Genus:	Pareutropius Regan, 1920
Type species
Pareutropius longifilis Steindachner, 1914
Synonyms
Ansorgia Boulenger, 1912 Eutropiellus Nichols & La Monte, 1933 Ansorgiichthys Whitley, 1935

Pareutropius is a genus of schilbid catfishes native to Africa.

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1]

• Pareutropius buffei (Gras, 1961)
• Pareutropius debauwi (Boulenger, 1900) (African glass catfish)
• Pareutropius longifilis (Steindachner, 1914)
• Pareutropius mandevillei Poll, 1959

References

• Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628.

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pareutropius". FishBase. February 2012 version.