Austroglanis is the only genus in the catfish family Austroglanididae. This family was split off from the Bagridae catfish family.[1] All three species of catfishes in the family Austroglanididae are endemic to southern Africa (South Africa and Namibia), and two species are threatened.[2]
| Austroglanis | |
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| Austroglanis sclateri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Austroglanididae T. P. Mo, 1991 |
| Genus: | Austroglanis P. H. Skelton, Risch & De Vos, 1984 |
| Type species | |
| Gephyroglanis sclateri Boulenger 1901
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These fish have three pairs of barbels (they lack nasal barbels). They have strong dorsal and pectoral fin spines. The adipose fin is small.[1]
Species
editThere are currently three described species in this genus:[3]
- Austroglanis barnardi (P. H. Skelton, 1981) (Barnard's rock-catfish)
- Austroglanis gilli (Barnard, 1943) (Clanwilliam catfish)
- Austroglanis sclateri (Boulenger, 1901) (Rock-catfish)
References
edit- ^ a b Nelson, Joseph, S. (2006). Fishes of the World. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN 0-471-25031-7.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Bruton, Michael N. (1996). "Threatened fishes of the world: Austroglanis barnardi (Skelton, 1981) (Austroglanididae)". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 45 (4): 382. Bibcode:1996EnvBF..45..382B. doi:10.1007/BF00002530.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Austroglanis". FishBase. December 2011 version.
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