Chiloglanis

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Siluriformes

Familia: Mochokidae
Subfamilia: Chiloglanidinae
Genus: Chiloglanis
Species: C. angolensis – C. anoterus – C. asymetricaudalis – C. batesii – C. benuensis – C. bifurcus – C. brevibarbis – C. cameronensis – C. carnatus – C. carnosus – C. congicus – C. deckenii – C. devosi – C. dialloi – C. disneyi – C. elisabethianus – C. emarginatus – C. fasciatus – C. harbinger – C. igamba – C. kabaensis – C. kalambo – C. kazumbei – C. kerioensis – C. kolente – C. lamottei – C. lufirae – C. lukugae – C. macropterus – C. marlieri – C. mbozi – C. micropogon – C. microps – C. modjensis – C. mongoensis – C. neumanni – C. niger – C. niloticus – C. normani – C. occidentalis – C. orthodontus – C. paratus – C. pezoldi – C. pojeri – C. polyodon – C. polypogon – C. pretoriae – C. productus – C. reticulatus – C. rukwaensis – C. ruziziensis – C. sanagaensis – C. sardinhai – C. somereni – C. swierstrai – C. trilobatus – C. tweddlei – C. voltae
Name

Chiloglanis Peters, 1868: 599

Gender: masculine

Type species: Chiloglanis deckenii Peters, 1868. Type by monotypy.
References

Ferraris, C.J., Jr. 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418: 1–628.
Friel, J.P. & Vigliotta, T.R. 2011. Three new species of African suckermouth catfishes, genus Chiloglanis (Siluriformes: Mochokidae), from the lower Malagarasi and Luiche rivers of western Tanzania. Zootaxa 3063: 1–21. Preview (PDF). (PDF).
Mutizwa, T.I., Kadye, W.T., Bragança, P.H.N., Bere, T. & Chakona, A. 2024. Hidden in the riffles: A new suckermouth catfish (Mochokidae, Chiloglanis) from the middle Zambezi River system, Zimbabwe. ZooKeys 1197: 57–91. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1197.114679 Open access Reference page.
Peters, W.(C.H.) 1868. Ueber eine von dem Baron Carl von der Decken entdeckte neue Gattung von Welsen, Chiloglanis deckenii, und einige andere Süsswasserfische aus Ostafrika. Monatsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaft zu Berlin 1868: 598–602, Pl. 2.
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. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4652.3.7 Open access pdf Reference page.
Schmidt, R.C., Bart, H.L. Jr. & Pezold, F. 2016. High levels of endemism in suckermouth catfishes (Mochokidae: Chiloglanis) from the Upper Guinean forests of West Africa. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 100: 199–205. Reference page.
Vigliotta, T.R. 2008. A phylogenetic study of the African catfish family Mochokidae (Osteichthyes, Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a key to genera. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 157: 73–136. DOI: 10.1635/0097-3157(2008)157[73:APSOTA]2.0.CO;2, JSTOR Reference page.

Chiloglanis is a genus of upside-down catfishes native to Africa.[1] These species have modified lips and barbels that form a suckermouth.[2] They also have a naked (scaleless) body.[3] Sexual dimorphism has been reported in Chiloglanis. The adult males of many of these species have elongate anal and caudal fins. Also, males may have an enlarged humeral process.[4]
Species

There are currently 53 recognized species in this genus:

Chiloglanis angolensis Poll, 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[5]
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 Schmidt, Friel, Bart, and Pezold, 2023
Chiloglanis harbinger T. R. Roberts, 1989
Chiloglanis igamba Friel & Vigliotta, 2011[6]
Chiloglanis kalambo Seegers, 1996 (Kalambo suckermouth)
Chiloglanis kazumbei Friel & Vigliotta, 2011[6]
Chiloglanis kerioensis R. C. Schmidt, H. L. Bart & Nyingi, 2015[5]
Chiloglanis lamottei Daget, 1948
Chiloglanis lufirae Poll, 1976
Chiloglanis lukugae Poll, 1944
Chiloglanis macropterus Poll & D. J. Stewart, 1975
Chiloglanis marlieri Poll, 1952
Chiloglanis mbozi Seegers, 1996 (Mbozi suckermouth)
Chiloglanis micropogon Poll, 1952
Chiloglanis microps Matthes, 1965
Chiloglanis modjensis Boulenger, 1904
Chiloglanis mongoensis R. C. Schmidt & Barrientos, 2019[7]
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, 2011[6]
Chiloglanis paratus R. S. Crass, 1960 (Saw-fin suckermouth)
Chiloglanis pojeri Poll, 1944
Chiloglanis polyodon Norman, 1932
Chiloglanis polypogon T. R. Roberts, 1989
Chiloglanis pretoriae van der Horst, 1931 (Short-spine suckermouth)
Chiloglanis productus H. H. Ng & R. M. Bailey, 2006[3]
Chiloglanis reticulatus T. R. Roberts, 1989
Chiloglanis rukwaensis Seegers, 1996 (Lake Rukwa suckermouth)
Chiloglanis ruziziensis De Vos, 1993
Chiloglanis sanagaensis T. R. Roberts, 1989
Chiloglanis sardinhai Ladiges & Voelker, 1961
Chiloglanis somereni Whitehead, 1958 (Someren's suckermouth)
Chiloglanis swierstrai van der Horst, 1931 (Lowveld suckermouth)
Chiloglanis trilobatus Seegers, 1996 (Three-lobed suckermouth)
Chiloglanis voltae Daget & Stauch, 1963

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Chiloglanis in FishBase. December 2011 version.
Nelson, J.S. (2006). Fishes of the World. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN 0-471-25031-7.
Ng, H.H.; Bailey, R.M. (2006). "Chiloglanis productus, a new species of suckermouth catfish (Siluriformes: Mochokidae) from Zambia". Occasional Papers of the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. 738: 1–13.
Friel, J.P.; Vigliotta, T.R. (2006). "Synodontis acanthoperca, a new species from the Ogôoué River system, Gabon with comments on spiny ornamentation and sexual dimorphism in mochokid catfishes (Siluriformes: Mochokidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1125: 45–56. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1125.1.3.
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.
Friel, J.P.; Vigliotta, T.R. (2011). "Three new species of African suckermouth catfishes, genus Chiloglanis (Siluriformes: Mochokidae), from the lower Malagarasi and Luiche rivers of western Tanzania" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3063: 1–21. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3063.1.1.
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.