Chiloglanis compactus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Siluriformes

Familia: Mochokidae
Subfamilia: Chiloglanidinae
Genus: Chiloglanis
Species: Chiloglanis compactus

Name

Chiloglanis compactus Mutizwa, Bragança & Chakona in Mutizwa et al., 2025: 277

• Holotype: SAIAB 246256, ♂ 44.4 mm SL, collected by Albert Chakona, Wilbert Kadye and Taurai Bere on 16 December 2014.
• Type locality: “Makanga River Bridge on road to Hauna growth point, Pungwe River system, Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe, 18.5438°S, 32.801°E”.

References

Primary references

• Mutizwa, T.I., Bere, T., Kadye, W.T., Bragança, P.H.N. & Chakona, A. 2025. Description of two new species of Chiloglanis (Teleostei, Mochokidae) from the Eastern Zimbabwe Highlands freshwater ecoregion: an overlooked hotspot of rheophilic fishes. ZooKeys 1241: 261–290. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1241.138917 Reference page.