Anchariidae
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Ancharius fuscus (below and in the middle), above a striped coral catfish from the Plotosidae family. |
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The Anchariidae are a fish family from the order of the catfish-like (Siluriformes). They are endemic to fresh waters in Madagascar .
features
Anchariidae are medium-sized catfish with a maximum length of about 30 centimeters. They differ from the closely related cross catfish (Ariidae) by their fringed barbels and the reduced front nuchal (neck plate).
Systematics
The Anchariidae together with the cross catfish form the superfamily of the Arioidea. The family includes two genera with six species :
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Ancharius
Steindachner , 1880
- Ancharius fuscus Steindachner , 1880
- Ancharius griseus Ng & Sparks , 2005
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Gogo Ng & Sparks , 2005
- Gogo arcuatus Ng & Sparks , 2005
- Gogo atratus Ng, Sparks & Loiselle , 2008
- Gogo brevibarbis ( Boulenger , 1911)
- Gogo ornatus Ng & Sparks , 2005
swell
- Heok Hee Ng, Sparks, John S .: Revision of the endemic Malagasy catfish family Anchariidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes), with descriptions of a new genus and three new species . In: Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters . 16, No. 4, 2005, pp. 303-323.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Anchariidae on Fishbase.org (English)
- ↑ JP Sullivan, Lundberg JG; Hardman M: A phylogenetic analysis of the major groups of catfishes (Teleostei: Siluriformes) using rag1 and rag2 nuclear gene sequences . In: Mol Phylogenet Evol. . 41, No. 3, 2006, pp. 636-62. doi : 10.1016 / j.ympev.2006.05.044 .
Web links
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- Anchariidae on Fishbase.org (English)