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Parauchenoglanis

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Parauchenoglanis
Parauchenoglanis longiceps
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Claroteidae
Subfamily: Auchenoglanidinae
Genus: Parauchenoglanis
Boulenger, 1911
Type species
Pimelodus guttatus
Lönnberg, 1895
Species

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Parauchenoglanis is a genus of claroteid catfishes native to Africa.

The range of the genus Parauchenoglanis stretches from the coastal lowlands of Benin and Nigeria to the Okavango and upper Zambezi River systems in Botswana and Zambia.[1]

Species

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Parauchenoglanis currently contains the following 10 recognized species:[2]

(Modimo, Bernt, Monsembula Iyaba, Mbimbi & Liyandja, 2024)

References

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  1. ^ 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. S2CID 84727032.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Parauchenoglanis". FishBase. December 2011 version.