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| name = ''Paradoxoglanis''
| taxon = Paradoxoglanis
| authority = [[Steven Mark Norris|Norris]], 2002
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
| classis = [[Actinopterygii]]
| ordo = [[Catfish|Siluriformes]]
| familia = [[Malapteruridae]]
| genus = '''''Paradoxoglanis'''''
| genus_authority = [[Steven Mark Norris|Norris]], 2002
| type_species = ''[[Paradoxoglanis caudivittatus]]''
| type_species = ''[[Paradoxoglanis caudivittatus]]''
| type_species_authority = Norris, 2002<ref name="Norris2002">{{cite journal|last1=Norris|first1=Steven Mark|title=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|journal=Annalen van het museum voor Midden-Afrika (serie Zoölogie)|date=2002|volume=289|pages=1–155|publisher=Royal Museum for Central Africa|location=Tervuren, Belgium.|issn=1781-1104}}</ref>
| type_species_authority = Norris, 2002
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision_ranks = Species
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==Species==
==Species==
There are currently three recognized species in this genus: <ref name=Fishbase>{{FishBase genus | genus = Paradoxoglanis| month = December | year = 2011}}</ref>
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:<ref name=Fishbase>{{FishBase genus | genus = Paradoxoglanis| month = December | year = 2011}}</ref>
* ''[[Paradoxoglanis caudivittatus]]'' <small>[[Steven Mark Norris|Norris]], 2002</small>
*''[[Paradoxoglanis caudivittatus]]'' <small>[[Steven Mark Norris|Norris]], 2002</small><ref name="Norris2002"/>
* ''[[Paradoxoglanis cryptus]]'' <small>[[Steven Mark Norris|Norris]], 2002</small>
*''[[Paradoxoglanis cryptus]]'' <small>[[Steven Mark Norris|Norris]], 2002</small><ref name="Norris2002"/>
* ''[[Paradoxoglanis parvus]]'' <small>[[Steven Mark Norris|Norris]], 2002</small>
*''[[Paradoxoglanis parvus]]'' <small>[[Steven Mark Norris|Norris]], 2002</small><ref name="Norris2002"/>


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Malapteruridae]]
[[Category:Malapteruridae]]
[[Category:Fish of Africa]]
[[Category:Fish of the Democratic Republic of the Congo|*]]
[[Category:Endemic fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo]]
[[Category:Endemic fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Steven Mark Norris]]
[[Category:Catfish genera]]
[[Category:Catfish genera]]
[[Category:Freshwater fish genera]]
[[Category:Freshwater fish genera]]
[[Category:Strongly electric fish]]





Latest revision as of 23:50, 23 March 2024

Paradoxoglanis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Malapteruridae
Genus: Paradoxoglanis
Norris, 2002
Type species
Paradoxoglanis caudivittatus
Norris, 2002[1]

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[edit]

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d 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.
  2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Paradoxoglanis in FishBase. December 2011 version.