Auchenoglanis
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Auchenoglanis is a genus of relatively large, up to 70 cm (2.3 ft) SL, claroteid catfishes native to various freshwater habitats in Africa.[1]
Quick Facts Auchenoglanis Temporal range: Upper Miocene - Recent, Scientific classification ...
Auchenoglanis Temporal range: Upper Miocene - Recent | |
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Auchenoglanis occidentalis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Claroteidae |
Subfamily: | Auchenoglanidinae |
Genus: | Auchenoglanis Günther, 1865 |
Type species | |
Pimelodus biscutatus É. Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1809 |
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Auchenoglanis is a primitive member of the subfamily Auchenoglanidinae (also includes Notoglanidium and Parauchenoglanis) and represents a stem group.[2]
Species of this genus occur predominantly in the Nilo-Sudan region and Western Africa, but also in the Congo River, Lakes Albert and Tanganyika.[3]
Auchenoglanis species mainly feed on insect aquatic larvae and eventually on small mollusks, alevin, and swimming insects. These feeding habits should also enable them to stand a relatively wide range of ecological conditions.[2]