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: Amphiliidae
Subfamilia: Amphiliinae
Genus: Paramphilius
Species: P. firestonei – P. goodi – P. teugelsi – P. trichomycteroides
Name
Paramphilius Pellegrin, 1907
References
FishBase
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Paramphilius is a genus of loach catfishes found in Africa.
Description
Paramphilius have a lengthened and cylindrical body with a short and high head and short and round fins. The small eyes are located far forward. The barbels are long. The caudal fin is truncated or round. All of the West African species are uniformly brown with a paler underside; P. firestonei also has irregularly distributed brown spots as well as a dark spot at the base of the caudal fin. Paramphilius species exhibit a peculiar form of sexual dimorphism in that the males mature have a more inflated head.[1] Unlike species of Amphilius, the length of the snout is less than half of the length of the head, the adipose fin is confluent with the caudal fin, and the anal fin has seven or more branched rays.[1]
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[2]
Paramphilius baudoni (Pellegrin, 1928)
Paramphilius firestonei L. P. Schultz, 1942
Paramphilius teugelsi P. H. Skelton, 1989
Paramphilius trichomycteroides Pellegrin, 1907
References
Skelton, Paul H. (1992). "Amphiliidae (French)" (PDF). Faune des poissons d'eaux douces et saumâtres d'Afrique de l'Ouest. Vol. Tome 2. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgique and O.R.S.T.O.M., Paris, France, 902. pp. 450–467.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Paramphilius". FishBase. December 2011 version.
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