Biology:Paradoxoglanis
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Short description: Genus of fishes
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Malapteruridae |
| Genus: | Paradoxoglanis Norris, 2002 |
| Type species | |
| Paradoxoglanis caudivittatus Norris, 2002[1]
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Paradoxoglanis is a genus of electric catfishes native to Africa where all of the known species are endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The species in this genus range from about 11–17 centimetres (4.3–6.7 in) SL.[2]
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Paradoxoglanis caudivittatus Norris, 2002[1]
- Paradoxoglanis cryptus Norris, 2002[1]
- Paradoxoglanis parvus Norris, 2002[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Norris, Steven Mark (2002). "A revision of the African electric catfishes, family Malapteruridae (Teleostei, Siluriformes), with erection of a new genus and descriptions of fourteen new species, and an annotated bibliography. l". Annalen van het museum voor Midden-Afrika (serie Zoölogie) (Tervuren, Belgium.: Royal Museum for Central Africa) 289: 1-155. ISSN 1781-1104.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Paradoxoglanis in FishBase. December 2011 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q3759435 entry
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