Claroteidae

Claroteidae
	Clarotes laticeps , drawing from The fishes of the Nile by George Albert Boulenger .
Systematics
Overcohort :	Clupeocephala
Cohort :	Otomorpha
Sub-cohort :	Ostariophysi
	Otophysa
Order :	Catfish (Siluriformes)
Family :	Claroteidae
Scientific name
	Claroteidae
	Bleeker , 1862

The Claroteidae are a fish family from the order of the catfish-like (Siluriformes). They occur in rivers and lakes in Africa.

features

Claroteidae have a moderately elongated body and four pairs of barbels around the large mouth. The short-radiated dorsal fin and the pelvic fins each have a powerful hard beam. An adipose fin is present. The anal fin is short. The dentals have an extension on the underside where they meet.

Systematics

The Claroteidae are assigned to the superfamily of the Siluroidea in the classical systematics and were previously regarded as part of the spiny catfish (Bagridae). Molecular biological studies confirmed the independence of the Claroteidae as a family that was placed in the “Big Africa” group.

Genera and species

The family comprises eight genera and over 60 species :

Amarginops
- Amarginops platus
Bathybagrus
Chrysichthys
- Chrysichthys acsiorum
- Chrysichthys aluuensis
- Chrysichthys ansorgii
- Chrysichthys auratus
- Chrysichthys bocagii
- Chrysichthys brachynema
- Chrysichthys brevibarbis
- Chrysichthys cranchii
- Chrysichthys dageti
- Chrysichthys delhezi
- Chrysichthys dendrophorus
- Chrysichthys depressus
- Chrysichthys duttoni
- Chrysichthys habereri
- Chrysichthys helicophagus
- Chrysichthys hildae
- Chrysichthys johnelsi
- Chrysichthys laticeps
- Chrysichthys levequei
- Chrysichthys longibarbis
- Chrysichthys longidorsalis
- Chrysichthys longipinnis
- Chrysichthys mabusi
- Chrysichthys macropterus
- Chrysichthys maurus
- Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus
- Chrysichthys nyongensis
- Chrysichthys ogooensis
- Chrysichthys okae
- Chrysichthys ornatus
- Chrysichthys persimilis
- Chrysichthys polli
- Chrysichthys praecox
- Chrysichthys punctatus
- Chrysichthys rueppelli
- Chrysichthys sharpii
- Chrysichthys teugelsi
- Chrysichthys thonneri
- Chrysichthys thysi
- Chrysichthys turkana
- Chrysichthys uniformis
- Chrysichthys wagenaari
- Chrysichthys walkeri
Clarotes
- Clarotes bidorsalis
- Clarotes laticeps
Gephyroglanis
Lophiobagrus
Pardiglanis
- Pardiglanis tarabinii
Phyllonemus

The Auchenoglanididae , originally a subfamily of the Claroteidae, are now an independent catfish family.

swell

Joseph S. Nelson, Terry C. Grande, Mark VH Wilson: Fishes of the World. Wiley, Hoboken, New Jersey, 2016, ISBN 978-1118342336 .
Tim M. Berra: Freshwater Fish Distribution . The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 2007, ISBN 978-0-226-04442-2 , pp. 205-206 .

Individual evidence

^ Joseph S. Nelson: Fishes of the world . 4th edition. John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken 2006, ISBN 978-0-471-25031-9 , pp. 164 .
↑ 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

Commons : Claroteidae - collection of images, videos and audio files

Claroteidae on Fishbase.org (English)

[1] Joseph S. Nelson: Fishes of the world . 4th edition. John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken 2006, ISBN 978-0-471-25031-9 , pp. 164 .

[Sullivan-2] 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 .