| Austroglanis | |
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| Austroglanis sclateri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Austroglanididae T. P. Mo, 1991 |
| Genus: | Austroglanis P. H. Skelton, Risch & De Vos, 1984 |
| Type species | |
| Gephyroglanis sclateri Boulenger 1901
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Austroglanis is the only genus in the catfish family Austroglanididae. This family was split off from the Bagridae catfish family.1 All three species of catfishes in the family Austroglanididae are endemic to southern Africa (South Africa and Namibia), and two species are threatened.2
These fish have three pairs of barbels (they lack nasal barbels). They have strong dorsal and pectoral fin spines. The adipose fin is small.1
Species
There are currently three described species in this genus:3
- Austroglanis barnardi (P. H. Skelton, 1981) (Barnard's rock-catfish)
- Austroglanis gilli (Barnard, 1943) (Clanwilliam catfish)
- Austroglanis sclateri (Boulenger, 1901) (Rock-catfish)
References
References
- Nelson, Joseph, S. (2006). Fishes of the World. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN 0-471-25031-7.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Bruton, Michael N. (1996). "Threatened fishes of the world: Austroglanis barnardi (Skelton, 1981) (Austroglanididae)". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 45 (4): 382. Bibcode:1996EnvBF..45..382B. doi:10.1007/BF00002530.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Austroglanis". FishBase. December 2011 version.