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: Malapteruridae
Genus: Paradoxoglanis
Species (3): P. caudivittatus – P. cryptus – P. parvus
Name
Paradoxoglanis Norris, 2002: 117
Gender: masculine
Type species: Paradoxoglanis caudivittatus Norris, 2002
Fixation: original designation
References
Norris, S.M. 2002: A revision of the African electric catfishes, family Malapteruridae (Teleostei, Siluriformes), with erection of a new genus and descriptions of fourteen new species, and an annotated bibliography. Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Sciences Zoologiques, 289: 1–155.
Links
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Nomenclator Zoologicus
Paradoxoglanis species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Paradoxoglanis and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
ITIS
Paradoxoglanis is a genus of electric catfishes native to Africa where all of the known species are endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The species in this genus range from about 11–17 centimetres (4.3–6.7 in) SL.[2]
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[2]
Paradoxoglanis caudivittatus Norris, 2002[1]
Paradoxoglanis cryptus Norris, 2002[1]
Paradoxoglanis parvus Norris, 2002[1]
References
Norris, Steven Mark (2002). "A revision of the African electric catfishes, family Malapteruridae (Teleostei, Siluriformes), with erection of a new genus and descriptions of fourteen new species, and an annotated bibliography. l". Annalen van het museum voor Midden-Afrika (serie Zoölogie). 289. Tervuren, Belgium.: Royal Museum for Central Africa: 1–155. ISSN 1781-1104.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Paradoxoglanis". FishBase. December 2011 version.
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