The mountain barbel (''Amphilius platychir'') is a species of
fish
Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% of li ...
in the genus ''
Amphilius
''Amphilius'' is a genus of catfishes of the family Amphiliidae.
''Amphilius'' catfish have fairly lengthened bodies, with short, depressed, and broad heads. They have three pairs of fringed barbels. The eyes, small and located dorsally, are v ...
''. Its length reaches 9.2 cm.
It has two subspecies: ''Amphilius platychir platychir'', which is found in the upper tributaries of the
Senegal
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 井仆井內丐中五 (Senegaali); Arabic: 塈堻媞塈 ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''R矇ewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 井仆不丐仆不五 ...
,
Niger
)
, official_languages =
, languages_type = National languages[Gambia
The Gambia,, ff, Gammbi, ar, 媞塈堥塈 officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in West Africa. It is the smallest country within mainland AfricaHoare, Ben. (2002) ''The Kingfisher A-Z Encyclopedia'', Kingfisher Publicatio ...](_blank)
,
Corubal,
Konkour矇
''For the river having its source near the town, see Konkour矇 River''
Konkour矇 is a town and sub-prefecture in the Mamou Prefecture in the Mamou Region
Mamou Region ( Pular: 五仃丐中 丐丰今仆) is locate ...
and
Little Scarcies rivers in
West Africa
West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Maurit ...
, and ''Amphilius platychir marmoratus'', which is found in the
Lofa,
Saint Paul
Paul; grc, 帢彃缶銜諫, translit=Paulos; cop, 漜﹦漜抽漜漜; hbo, 蚺蛂 蚸 (previously called Saul of Tarsus;; ar, 堥堻 塈媟堭堻堻; grc, 峉帢彃缶銜諫 峇帢庰, Sa觼los Tarse繳s; tr, Tarsuslu Pavlus; ...
, and
Cavalla rivers in southeastern
Guinea
Guinea ( ),, fuf, 五仆井, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, 葶舝葖, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: R矇publique de Guin矇e), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...
.
References
mountain barbel
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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mountain barbel
Freshwater fish of West Africa
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