''Chiloglanis'' is a
genus
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of
upside-down catfishes native to
Africa
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. These
species
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have modified lips and
barbels
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that form a
suckermouth In fish, a suckermouth is a ventrally-oriented (inferior) mouth adapted for grazing on algae and small organisms that grow on submerged objects.
All Loricariidae possess a suckermouth as do the cypriniform algae eaters of the genus '' Gyrinocheilu ...
.
They also have a naked (scaleless) body.
Sexual dimorphism
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has been reported in ''Chiloglanis''. The adult males of many of these species have elongate
anal
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and
caudal fin
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s. Also, males may have an enlarged humeral process.
Species
There are currently 53 recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Chiloglanis angolensis''
Poll
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, 1967
* ''
Chiloglanis anoterus''
R. S. Crass, 1960 (Pennant-tailed suckermouth)
* ''
Chiloglanis asymetricaudalis''
De Vos, 1993
* ''
Chiloglanis batesii''
Boulenger, 1904
* ''
Chiloglanis benuensis''
Daget & Stauch, 1963
* ''
Chiloglanis bifurcus''
R. A. Jubb & Le Roux, 1969 (Incomati suckermouth)
* ''
Chiloglanis brevibarbis''
Boulenger, 1902 (Short-barbelled suckermouth)
* ''
Chiloglanis cameronensis''
Boulenger, 1904
* ''
Chiloglanis carnosus''
T. R. Roberts & D. J. Stewart, 1976
* ''
Chiloglanis congicus''
Boulenger, 1920
* ''
Chiloglanis deckenii''
W. K. H. Peters, 1868 (Pangani suckermouth)
* ''
Chiloglanis devosi''
R. C. Schmidt, H. L. Bart & Nyingi, 2015[Schmidt, R.C., Bart, H.L.Jr. & Nyingi, D.W. (2015): Two new species of African suckermouth catfishes, genus ''Chiloglanis'' (Siluriformes: Mochokidae), from Kenya with remarks on other taxa from the area. ''Zootaxa, 4044 (1): 45–64.'']
* ''
Chiloglanis disneyi''
Trewavas, 1974
* ''
Chiloglanis elisabethianus''
Boulenger, 1915
* ''
Chiloglanis emarginatus''
R. A. Jubb & Le Roux, 1969 (Phongolo suckermouth)
* ''
Chiloglanis fasciatus''
Pellegrin, 1936 (Okavango suckermouth)
* ''
Chiloglanis fortuitus''
Schmidt, Bragança, and Tweddle, 2023
* ''
Chiloglanis frodobagginsi
''Chiloglanis frodobagginsi'' is a species of catfish native to West Africa, in particular the upper Niger River. First described in 2023, it was initially mistaken for its sister species, '' Chiloglanis micropogon''.
Etymology
''Chiloglanis ...
''
Schmidt, Friel, Bart, and Pezold, 2023
* ''
Chiloglanis harbinger''
T. R. Roberts, 1989
* ''
Chiloglanis igamba''
Friel & Vigliotta, 2011
* ''
Chiloglanis kalambo''
Seegers, 1996 (Kalambo suckermouth)
* ''
Chiloglanis kazumbei''
Friel & Vigliotta, 2011
* ''
Chiloglanis kerioensis''
R. C. Schmidt, H. L. Bart & Nyingi, 2015[
* '' Chiloglanis lamottei'' Daget, 1948
* '' Chiloglanis lufirae'' ]Poll
Poll, polled, or polling may refer to:
Forms of voting and counting
* Poll, a formal election
** Election verification exit poll, a survey taken to verify election counts
** Polling, voting to make decisions or determine opinions
** Polling pla ...
, 1976
* '' Chiloglanis lukugae'' Poll
Poll, polled, or polling may refer to:
Forms of voting and counting
* Poll, a formal election
** Election verification exit poll, a survey taken to verify election counts
** Polling, voting to make decisions or determine opinions
** Polling pla ...
, 1944
* '' Chiloglanis macropterus'' Poll
Poll, polled, or polling may refer to:
Forms of voting and counting
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** Polling, voting to make decisions or determine opinions
** Polling pla ...
& D. J. Stewart, 1975
* '' Chiloglanis marlieri'' Poll
Poll, polled, or polling may refer to:
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** Polling pla ...
, 1952
* '' Chiloglanis mbozi'' Seegers, 1996 (Mbozi suckermouth)
* ''Chiloglanis micropogon
''Chiloglanis micropogon'' is a species of upside-down catfish native to Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola, where it occurs in the lower Congo river, the Kasai, Kwango, Dja and Lualaba rivers and Wagenia Falls (Stanl ...
'' Poll
Poll, polled, or polling may refer to:
Forms of voting and counting
* Poll, a formal election
** Election verification exit poll, a survey taken to verify election counts
** Polling, voting to make decisions or determine opinions
** Polling pla ...
, 1952
* '' Chiloglanis microps'' Matthes, 1965
* '' Chiloglanis modjensis'' Boulenger, 1904
* '' Chiloglanis mongoensis'' R. C. Schmidt & Barrientos, 2019[Schmidt, R.C. & Barrientos, C. (2019): A new species of suckermouth catfish (Mochokidae: Chiloglanis) from the Rio Mongo in Equatorial Guinea. ''Zootaxa, 4652 (3): 507-519.'']
* '' Chiloglanis neumanni'' Boulenger, 1911 (Neumann's suckermouth)
* '' Chiloglanis niger'' T. R. Roberts, 1989
* '' Chiloglanis niloticus'' Boulenger, 1900
* '' Chiloglanis normani'' Pellegrin, 1933
* '' Chiloglanis occidentalis'' Pellegrin, 1933
* '' Chiloglanis orthodontus'' Friel & Vigliotta, 2011Poll
Poll, polled, or polling may refer to:
Forms of voting and counting
* Poll, a formal election
** Election verification exit poll, a survey taken to verify election counts
** Polling, voting to make decisions or determine opinions
** Polling pla ...
, 1944
* '' Chiloglanis polyodon'' Norman
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* The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 9th and 10th centuries
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, 1932
* '' Chiloglanis polypogon'' T. R. Roberts, 1989
* '' Chiloglanis pretoriae'' van der Horst, 1931 (Short-spine suckermouth)
* ''Chiloglanis productus
''Chiloglanis productus'' is a species of upside-down catfish endemic to Zambia
Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Africa. It ...
'' H. H. Ng & R. M. Bailey, 2006
References
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Mochokidae
Fish of Africa
Catfish genera
Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters
Freshwater fish genera