| Congoglanis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Amphiliidae |
| Subfamily: | Doumeinae |
| Genus: | Congoglanis Ferraris, Vari & P. H. Skelton, 2011 |
| Type species | |
| Doumea alula Nichols & Griscom, 1917
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Congoglanis is a genus of loach catfishes found in the Congo River system of Africa. This genus is considered the sister group of all other species in the subfamily Doumeinae.[1]
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[2][3]
- Congoglanis alula (Nichols & Griscom, 1917)
- Congoglanis howesi Vari, Ferraris & P. H. Skelton, 2012[3]
- Congoglanis inga Ferraris, Vari & P. H. Skelton, 2011
- Congoglanis sagitta Ferraris, Vari & P. H. Skelton, 2011
References
- ^ Ferraris, C.J. Jr., Vari, R.P. & Skelton, P.H. (2011): A new genus of African loach catfish (Siluriformes: Amphiliidae) from the Congo River basin, the sister-group to all other genera of the Doumeinae, with the description of two new species. Copeia, 2011: 477–489.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Congoglanis in FishBase. December 2012 version.
- ^ a b Vari, R.P., Ferraris, C.J., Jr. & Skelton, P.H. (2012): New Species of Congoglanis (Siluriformes: Amphiliidae) from the Southern Congo River Basin. Copeia, 2012 (4): 626-630.
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