Biology:Claroteidae
| Claroteidae | |
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| Giraffe catfish (Auchenoglanis occidentalis) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Superfamily: | Bagroidea |
| Family: | Claroteidae Bleeker, 1862 |
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Subfamily Auchenoglanidinae | |
The Claroteidae are a family of catfish (order Siluriformes) found in Africa.[1] This family was separated from Bagridae.[2] However, the monophyly of the family is sometimes contested.[3]
The 12 genera contain 86 known species of claroteids in two subfamilies, Claroteinae and Auchenoglanidinae.[1][2] The subfamily Auchenoglanidinae is sometimes classified as a separate family Auchenoglanididae. This group was also often formerly placed in Bagridae.[1] The monophyly of Auchenoglanidinae is uncontested; it contains the three genera Auchenoglanis, Parauchenoglanis and Notoglanidium.[3][4]
Two commonly known species are the giraffe catfish, Auchenoglanis occidentalis, and the African big-eye catfish, Chrysichthys longipinnis.
Claroteids have moderately elongated bodies, usually with four pairs of barbels, an adipose fin, and strong pectoral and dorsal fin spines.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Nelson, Joseph, S. (2006). Fishes of the World. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.. ISBN 0-471-25031-7.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Geerinckx, T.; Adriaens, D.; Teugels, G. G.; Verraes, W. (2004). "A systematic revision of the African catfish genus Parauchenoglanis (Siluriformes: Claroteidae)". Journal of Natural History 38 (6): 775–803. doi:10.1080/0022293021000039160.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Otero, Olga; Likius, Andossa; Vignaud, Patrick; Brunet, Michel (2007). "A New Claroteid Catfish (Siluriformes) From the Upper Miocene of Toros-Menalla, Chad: Auchenoglanis soye, sp. nov". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27 (2): 285–294. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[285:ANCCSF2.0.CO;2].
- ↑ T. Geerinckx; E. Vreven; M. Dierick; L.V. Hoorebeke; D. Adriaens (2013). "Revision of Notoglanidium and related genera (Siluriformes: Claroteidae) based on morphology and osteology". Zootaxa 3691 (1): 165–191. http://www.fun-morph.ugent.be/sites/default/files/Geerinckx%202013%20Notoglanidium.pdf. Retrieved 2017-08-05.
Wikidata ☰ Q149304 entry
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