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| Scientific Name | Chiloglanis niger Roberts, 1989 |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | Menchum River below waterfall near Befang, Bamenda highlands, Niger River basin, Cameroon, western Africa. |
| 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 | |
| Size | 35mm or 1.4" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| 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 | |
| Distribution | Africa: known only from the type locality, Menchum, Niger basin at Bamenda, Cameroon. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Endangered , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2020. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4) v. 46 (no. 6), pp 173, Figs. 1f, 2f, 4e-f, 6f, 12. |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
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| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is no record of this fish being seen. |
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| LFS label creator ARN ref:1.13.145.7450 | |
| Last Update | 2025 Jan 02 00:43 (species record created: 2019 Apr 07 17:50) |