Zaireichthys
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Amphiliidae |
Subfamily: | Leptoglanidinae |
Genus: | Zaireichthys T. R. Roberts, 1967 |
Type species | |
Zaireichthys zonatus Roberts, 1967
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Zaireichthys is a genus of loach catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Amphiliidae.
Distribution
[edit]Zaireichthys species are found in Africa.
Description
[edit]Zaireichthys species are quite small ranging from 2.1 cm (P. lacustris) to 3.9 cm (P. flavomaculatus) in length.
Species
[edit]There are currently 18 described species in this genus:[1]
- Zaireichthys brevis (Boulenger, 1915)
- Zaireichthys camerunensis (Daget & Stauch, 1963)
- Zaireichthys compactus Seegers, 2008
- Zaireichthys conspicuus Eccles, Tweddle & P. H. Skelton, 2011
- Zaireichthys dorae (Poll, 1967) (Chobe sand catlet)
- Zaireichthys flavomaculatus (Pellegrin, 1926)
- Zaireichthys heterurus T. R. Roberts, 2003
- Zaireichthys kafuensis Eccles, Tweddle & P. H. Skelton, 2011
- Zaireichthys kavangoensis Eccles, Tweddle & P. H. Skelton, 2011
- Zaireichthys kunenensis Eccles, Tweddle & P. H. Skelton, 2011
- Zaireichthys lacustris Eccles, Tweddle & P. H. Skelton, 2011
- Zaireichthys mandevillei (Poll, 1959)
- Zaireichthys maravensis Eccles, Tweddle & P. H. Skelton, 2011
- Zaireichthys monomotapa Eccles, Tweddle & P. H. Skelton, 2011
- Zaireichthys pallidus Eccles, Tweddle & P. H. Skelton, 2011
- Zaireichthys rotundiceps (Hilgendorf, 1905) (Spotted sand catlet)
- Zaireichthys wamiensis (Seegers, 1989)
- Zaireichthys zonatus T. R. Roberts, 1967
References
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Zaireichthys". FishBase. December 2011 version.