Andersonia leptura

Andersonia leptura is a species of catfish (order Siluriformes) of the family Amphiliidae, and is the only species of the genus Andersonia.[1] This fish grows to about 50.0 cm (19.7 in) in total length; it is found in the Omo, Niger, and Upper Nile Rivers and the Lake Chad basin, and is also known from Lake Debo.[2] Although previously considered to be toothless on the lower jaw, dentition has been found on the premaxilla and the dentary. The teeth are embedded in the mucous sheath that covers the head and extends into the oral cavity, which makes the teeth difficult to see with the naked eye.[3]

Andersonia leptura
Andersonia leptura (4)

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Amphiliidae
Subfamily: Doumeinae
Genus: Andersonia
Boulenger, 1900
Species:
A. leptura
Binomial name
Andersonia leptura
Boulenger, 1900
Synonyms
  • Slatinia mongallensis
    Werner, 1906
  • Andersonia brevior
    Boulenger, 1918
  • Andersonia pellegrini
    Boulenger, 1918

References
  1. Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2007). "Andersonia leptura" in FishBase. July 2007 version.
  3. Golubtsov, A. S.; Moots, K. A.; Dzerjinskii, K. F. (2004). "Dentition in the African catfishes Andersonia (Amphiliidae) and Siluranodon (Schilbeidae) previously considered toothless". Journal of Fish Biology. 64: 146–158. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2004.00291.x.


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