Parauchenoglanis Explained

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

Parauchenoglanis currently contains the following 10 recognized species:

• Parauchenoglanis ahli (Holly, 1930)
• Parauchenoglanis altipinnis (Boulenger, 1911)
• Parauchenoglanis balayi (Sauvage, 1879)
• Parauchenoglanis buettikoferi (Popta, 1913)
• Parauchenoglanis longiceps (Boulenger, 1913)
• Parauchenoglanis monkei (Keilhack, 1910) (Dotted catfish)
• Parauchenoglanis ngamensis (Boulenger, 1911) (Zambezi grunter)
• Parauchenoglanis pantherinus (Pellegrin, 1929)
• Parauchenoglanis punctatus (Boulenger, 1902)
• Parauchenoglanis stiassnyae

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

References

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. 10.1080/0022293021000039160. 84727032.