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Scientific Name	**Parauchenoglanis altipinnis** (Boulenger, 1911)
Common Name	Highfin Spotted Catfish
Type Locality	Dja River at Esamesa, Congo system, southern Cameroon.
Synonym(s)	Auchenoglanis altipinnis
Etymology	Parauchenoglanis: The Greek prefix para means near; in reference to the resemblance to Auchenoglanis.
Species Information
Size	210mm or 8.3" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	In all Parauchenoglanis the small eyes are not covered by a transparent skin (having a free border). The first dorsal spine is small, the second large and strong followed by seven branched fin rays (rarely eight). Pectoral fin with one spine and 7-8 branched rays, pelvic fin with six rays (of which five are branched), anal fin with 6-10 branched rays. Edge of caudal is straight or rounded. This species overall pigmentation ranges from greyish to very dark brown. Barely obvious pigmentation pattern on flank generally consisting of one horizontal row of one to six large round spots, becoming more and more faint towards the rear.Belly brown to whitish.Dorsal portion of body,as well as adipose and caudal fins sometimes have some faint reticulate pattern apparent. Other fins uniformly coloured.Dorsal fin long to extremely long when compared to others in its genus. Large adipose fin comparable to P. punctatus
General Remarks	See also Geerinckx T., Adriaens D., Teugels G.G. & Verraes W., 2004. A systematic revision of the African catfish genus Parauchenoglanis Boulenger, 1911 (Siluriformes: Claroteidae). Geerinckx T., Risch L., Vreven E., Adriaens D. & Teugels G.G., 2007. Claroteidae. In Poissons d’eaux douces et saumâtres de Basse Guinée, ouest de l’Afrique Centrale – The fresh and brackish water fishes of Lower Guinea, West Central Africa (Stiassny M.L.J., Teugels G.G. & Hopkins C.D., eds). RMCA (Tervuren) & IRD (Paris), p. 586-629.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Africa: South Cameroon. African Waters, Cameroon waters, Nyong (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Congo, Sangha, Dja (Ngoko) (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2009.
Husbandry Information
Feeding	In nature, preys on insect larvae, crustaceans, and small fishes - not a fussy eater in the aquarium and will eat most foods. User data.
Breeding	Unreported in the aquarium.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa v. 2, pp 372, Fig. 288.
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 01 12:35 (species record created: 2008 Jun 09 01:31)