Claroteidae
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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]
There are 13 genera and 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 six genera Anaspidoglanis, Auchenoglanis, Parauchenoglanis, Notoglanidium, Liauchenoglanis, and Platyglanis.[3]
Two commonly known species are the giraffe catfish, Auchenoglanis occidentalis, and the African big eye catfish, Chrysichthys longipinnis.
Claroteids have a moderately elongate body, usually four pairs of barbels, an adipose fin, and strong pectoral and dorsal fin spines.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Nelson, Joseph, S. (2006). Fishes of the World. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.. ISBN 0471250317.
- ^ a b c 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:.
- ^ a b 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:.
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