Chiloglanis pretoriae

Chiloglanis pretoriae, the shortspine suckermouth, is a species of upside-down catfish native to Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland and Zimbabwe where it occurs in the Limpopo, Komati, Zambezi, Pungwe and Buzi River systems. This species grows to a length of 6.5 centimetres (2.6 in) SL.[2]

Chiloglanis pretoriae

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Mochokidae
Genus: Chiloglanis
Species:
C. pretoriae
Binomial name
Chiloglanis pretoriae
van der Horst, 1931

References

  1. Bills, R.; Engelbrecht, J. & Marshall, B.E. (2007). "Chiloglanis pretoriae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007. Retrieved 28 May 2014.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Chiloglanis pretoriae" in FishBase. December 2011 version.


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