All FishesMochokidaeChiloglanidinaeChiloglanis  |  | 

Hop to next section All Fishes Data Sheet
Scientific Name Chiloglanis emarginatus  Jubb & Le Roux, 1969
Common Name
Type Locality Lekkerloop River, tributary of Komati River of Incomati River system, on the farm Vergelegen, Carolina District, South Africa.
Pronunciation Kee low glan iss
Etymology Chiloglanis: From the Greek cheilos, meaning lip, and glanis, meaning catfish; in reference to the oral morphology. 
Hop to next section Species Information
Size 65mm or 2.6" 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.
Hop to next section Habitat Information
Distribution Africa: two areas, tributaries of the Pongolo and Komato-Incomati rivers in South Africa and Swaziland, and the Pungwe and middle and lower Zambezi in Zimbabwe. Threatened by water extraction, river regulation and sedimentation.
African Waters, Maputo, Pongolo (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Incomati (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Pungwe (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Zambesi, Lower Zambesi (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Zambesi, Middle Zambesi (click on these areas to find other species found there)

Log in to view data on a map.
IUCN Red List Category Vulnerable, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2017.
Hop to next section Husbandry Information
Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
Hop to next section Further Information
Reference Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums (Natural History) v. 8 (pt 2), pp 21, Figs. 12-12A.
Registered Keepers There is no registered keeper.
Wishlists Love this species? Click the heart to add it to your wish list.
There is no wish to keep this species.
Spotters Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars!
There is no record of this fish being seen.
Forum BBCode
Look up PlanetCatfish.com Look up C. emarginatus on PlanetCatfish.com
Look up on Fishbase Look up C. emarginatus on Fishbase
Look up on Encyclopedia of Life Look up C. emarginatus on Encyclopedia of Life
Look up on Global Biodiversity Information Facility Look up C. emarginatus on Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Chiloglanis emarginatus QR code LFS label creator
Last Update 2020 Oct 25 09:32 (species record created: 2019 Apr 07 13:56)