''Amphilius'' is a
genus
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of
catfish
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es of the
family
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Amphiliidae.
''Amphilius'' catfish have fairly lengthened bodies, with short, depressed, and broad heads. They have three pairs of fringed
barbels
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. The eyes, small and located dorsally, are very distant from each other, and are without a free edge. The
caudal fin
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is forked or emarginated.
Unlike species of ''
Paramphilius'', the snout is greater than half of the snout length, the
adipose fin
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is not confluent with the caudal fin in adult specimens, and the anal fin has seven or fewer branched rays.
Species
There are currently 34 recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Amphilius atesuensis''
Boulenger, 1904
* ''
Amphilius athiensis''
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* ''
Amphilius brevis''
Boulenger, 1902
* ''
Amphilius caudosignatus''
P. H. Skelton, 2007
* ''
Amphilius chalei''
Seegers, 2008
* ''
Amphilius crassus''
A. W. Thomson & Hilber, 2015
* ''
Amphilius cryptobullatus''
P. H. Skelton, 1986
* ''
Amphilius dimonikensis''
P. H. Skelton, 2007
* ''
Amphilius frieli''
A. W. Thomson & Page
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* '' Amphilius grandis'' Boulenger, 1905
* '' Amphilius jacksonii'' Boulenger, 1912 (Marbled mountain catfish)
* '' Amphilius kakrimensis'' Teugels, P. H. Skelton & Lévêque, 1987
* '' Amphilius kivuensis'' Pellegrin, 1933
* '' Amphilius korupi'' P. H. Skelton, 2007
* '' Amphilius krefftii'' Boulenger, 1911
* '' Amphilius lamani'' Lönnberg & Rendahl ( de), 1920
* '' Amphilius lampei'' Pietschmann, 1913
* '' Amphilius laticaudatus'' P. H. Skelton, 1984 (Broadtail mountain catfish)
* '' Amphilius lentiginosus'' Trewavas, 1936
* '' Amphilius longirostris'' ( Boulenger, 1901)
* '' Amphilius lujani'' A. W. Thomson & ]Page
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* '' Amphilius maesii'' Boulenger, 1919
* '' Amphilius mamonekenensis'' P. H. Skelton, 2007
* '' Amphilius natalensis'' Boulenger, 1917 (Natal mountain catfish)
* '' Amphilius nigricaudatus'' Pellegrin, 1909
* '' Amphilius opisthophthalmus'' Boulenger, 1919
* '' Amphilius pedunculus'' A. W. Thomson & ]Page
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* '' Amphilius platychir'' ( Günther, 1864) (Mountain barbel)
* '' Amphilius pulcher'' Pellegrin, 1929
* '' Amphilius rheophilus'' Daget, 1959
* '' Amphilius ruziziensis'' A. W. Thomson & ]Page
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* '' Amphilius uranoscopus'' ( Pfeffer, 1889) (Stargazer mountain catfish)
* '' Amphilius zairensis'' P. H. Skelton, 1986
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References
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Amphiliidae
Fish of Africa
Catfish genera
Taxa named by Albert Günther
Freshwater fish genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot