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| Scientific Name | Chiloglanis msirii Kashindye, Manda, Friel, Chakona & Vreven, 2021 |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | Fungwe River, Village Kanonga, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 9°15'31"S, 26°7'14"E, elevation 623 meters. |
| Pronunciation | Kee low glan iss |
| Etymology | Chiloglanis: From the Greek cheilos, meaning lip, and glanis, meaning catfish; in reference to the oral morphology. |
| Species Information | |
| Identification | The second largest catfish genus in Africa after Synodontis. They are characterized by jaws and lips modified into a sucker or oral disc used for adhering to and feeding upon objects in fast-flowing waters. Generally reasonably small at 100 mm SL or less. species with forked caudal fins can show sexual dimorphism and is usually species-specific. Other characteristics in this hard-to-ID genus are the size of the adipose fin, the position of the adipose fin relative to pelvic and ventral fins, size of barbles, eyes and dorsal fin. Only a handful of species are identified on colouration. They can be distinguished from other African suckermouth catfish (of the genera Euchilichthys and Atopochilus) by their circular suckermouth disc. This is more elliptical in the other two genera. |
| Habitat Information | |
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| IUCN Red List Category | Not Evaluated |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 31 (no. 1) IEF-1158, pp 5, Fig. 1. |
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| Last Update | 2022 May 21 01:51 (species record created: 2021 Nov 10 00:01) |