Auchenoglanis is a genus of relatively large, up to 70 cm (2.3 ft) SL, claroteid catfishes native to various freshwater habitats in Africa.[1]
| Auchenoglanis Temporal range: Upper Miocene - Recent
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| Auchenoglanis occidentalis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Claroteidae |
| Subfamily: | Auchenoglanidinae |
| Genus: | Auchenoglanis Günther, 1865 |
| Type species | |
| Pimelodus biscutatus É. Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1809
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Auchenoglanis is a primitive member of the subfamily Auchenoglanidinae (also includes Notoglanidium and Parauchenoglanis) and represents a stem group.[2]
Species of this genus occur predominantly in the Nilo-Sudan region and Western Africa, but also in the Congo River, Lakes Albert and Tanganyika.[3]
Auchenoglanis species mainly feed on insect aquatic larvae and eventually on small mollusks, alevin, and swimming insects. These feeding habits should also enable them to stand a relatively wide range of ecological conditions.[2]
Living species
editFollowing a taxonomic review in 1991, only two living species (marked with a star* in the list) were recognized in this genus.[3] This is followed by FishBase.[1] A review in 2010 found that there are six additional species, bringing the total to eight,[4] and this is followed by Catalog of Fishes.[5] Genetic studies indicate that additional, currently unrecognized species exist.[6]
- Auchenoglanis acuticeps Pappenheim, 1914
- Auchenoglanis biscutatus* (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809)
- Auchenoglanis occidentalis* (Valenciennes, 1840) (Bubu)
- Auchenoglanis sacchii (Vinciguerra, 1898)
- Auchenoglanis senegali Retzer, 2010
- Auchenoglanis tanganicanus Boulenger, 1906
- Auchenoglanis tchadiensis Pellegrin, 1909
- Auchenoglanis wittei Giltay, 1930
Fossil species
editAuchenoglanis is rare in the fossil record compared to other African catfishes.[2] Auchenoglanis includes an extinct species, Auchenoglanis soye from Western Chad.[2] A few other fossils are also attributed to Auchenoglanis with no specific species described.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Auchenoglanis". FishBase. December 2011 version.
- ^ a b c d e Otero, Olga; Likius, Andossa; Vignaud, Patrick; Brunet, Michel (2007). "A New Claroteid Catfish (Siluriformes) From the Upper Miocene of Toros-Menalla, Chad: Auchenoglanis soye, sp. nov". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 27 (2): 285–294. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[285:ANCCSF]2.0.CO;2.
- ^ a b Teugels, G. G.; Risch, L.; De Vos, L.; Audenaerde, D.F.E. Thys van den (1991). "Generic review of the African bagrid catfish genera Auchenoglanis and Parauchenoglanis with description of a new genus". Journal of Natural History. 25 (2): 499–517. doi:10.1080/00222939100770311.
- ^ Retzer, M.E. (2010). "Taxonomy of Auchenoglanis Günther 1865 (Siluriformes: Auchenoglanididae)". Zootaxa. 2655: 26–51.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Auchenoglanis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ Okwiri, B.; L. Cao; D.W. Nyingi; E. Zhang (2018). "Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis of the Catfish Species Auchenoglanis occidentalis (Valenciennes, 1840) (Pisces: Claroteidae) from Lake Turkana in East Africa: Taxonomic Implications". Zootaxa. 4450 (1): 115–124. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4450.1.8. PMID 30313861.
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