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{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
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| taxon = Chiloglanis
| authority = [[Wilhelm Peters|W. K. H. Peters]], 1868
▲| genus = '''''Chiloglanis'''''
| type_species = ''Chiloglanis deckenii''
| type_species_authority = Peters, 1868
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'''''Chiloglanis''''' is a [[genus]] of [[Mochokidae|upside-down catfishes]] native to [[Africa]].<ref>{{FishBase genus | genus = Chiloglanis| month = December | year = 2011}}</ref> These [[species]] have modified lips and [[barbel (anatomy)|barbels]] that form a [[suckermouth]].<ref name="Nelson">{{cite book|title=Fishes of the World|author=Nelson, J.S.|publisher=John Wiley & Sons, Inc|year=2006|isbn=0-471-25031-7}}</ref> They also have a naked (scaleless) body.<ref name="Ng2006">{{cite journal|author1=Ng, H.H. |author2=Bailey, R.M. |year=2006|title=''Chiloglanis productus'', a new species of suckermouth catfish (Siluriformes: Mochokidae) from Zambia|journal=Occasional Papers of the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology|volume=738|pages=1–13}}</ref> [[Sexual dimorphism]] has been reported in ''Chiloglanis''. The adult males of many of these species have elongate [[anal fin|anal]] and [[caudal fin]]s. Also, males may have an enlarged humeral process.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2006f/zt01125p056.pdf|title=''Synodontis acanthoperca'', a new species from the Ogôoué River system, Gabon with comments on spiny ornamentation and sexual dimorphism in mochokid catfishes (Siluriformes: Mochokidae)|author1=Friel, J.P. |author2=Vigliotta, T.R. |journal=Zootaxa|volume=1125|pages=45–56|year=2006|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.1125.1.3 }}</ref>
==Species==
There are currently 53 recognized species in this genus:
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* ''[[Chiloglanis devosi]]'' <small>[[Ray C. Schmidt|R. C. Schmidt]], [[Henry L. Bart Jr.|H. L. Bart]] & [[Dorothy Wanja Nyingi|Nyingi]], 2015</small><ref name=Schmidt2015>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.''</ref>
* ''[[Chiloglanis disneyi]]''
* ''[[Chiloglanis elisabethianus]]''
* ''[[Chiloglanis emarginatus]]''
* ''[[Chiloglanis fasciatus]]''
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* ''[[Chiloglanis igamba]]'' <small>[[John Patrick Friel|Friel]] & [[Thomas R. Vigliotta|Vigliotta]], 2011</small><ref name="ZT3063">{{cite journal|url=http://mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt03063p021.pdf |title=Three new species of African suckermouth catfishes, genus ''Chiloglanis'' (Siluriformes: Mochokidae), from the lower Malagarasi and Luiche rivers of western Tanzania|author1=Friel, J.P. |author2=Vigliotta, T.R. |journal=Zootaxa|volume=3063|pages=1–21|year=2011|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3063.1.1 }}</ref>
▲*''[[Chiloglanis lufirae]]''<br><small>Poll, 1976</small><br>
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* ''[[Chiloglanis mongoensis]]'' <small>[[Ray C. Schmidt|R. C. Schmidt]] & [[Christian Barrientos (biologist)|Barrientos]], 2019</small><ref name=Schmidt2019>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.''</ref>
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* ''[[Chiloglanis reticulatus]]'' <small>[[Tyson R. Roberts|T. R. Roberts]], 1989</small>
* ''[[Chiloglanis rukwaensis]]'' <small>[[Lothar Seegers|Seegers]], 1996</small> (Lake Rukwa suckermouth)
* ''[[Chiloglanis ruziziensis]]'' <small>[[Luc De Vos (ichthyologist)|De Vos]], 1993</small>
* ''[[Chiloglanis sanagaensis]]'' <small>[[Tyson R. Roberts|T. R. Roberts]], 1989</small>
* ''[[Chiloglanis sardinhai]]'' <small>[[Werner Ladiges|Ladiges]] & [[Johannes Voelker|Voelker]], 1961</small>
* ''[[Chiloglanis somereni]]'' <small>[[Peter James Palmer Whitehead|Whitehead]], 1958</small> (Someren's suckermouth)
* ''[[Chiloglanis swierstrai]]'' <small>[[Cornelius Jan van der Horst|van der Horst]], 1931</small> (Lowveld suckermouth)
* ''[[Chiloglanis trilobatus]]'' <small>[[Lothar Seegers|Seegers]], 1996</small> (Three-lobed suckermouth)
* ''[[Chiloglanis voltae]]'' <small>[[Jacques Daget|Daget]] & [[Alfred Stauch|Stauch]], 1963</small>
==References==
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[[Category:Chiloglanis| ]]
[[Category:Mochokidae]]
[[Category:Fish of Africa]]
[[Category:Catfish genera]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters]]
[[Category:Freshwater fish genera]]
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