Chiloglanis igamba

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/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 igamba

Name

Chiloglanis igamba Friel & Vigliotta, 2011

• Holotype:CUMV 90576.
• Paratypes: AMNH 251401 (40); CUMV 94005 (51, 2 c&s), 95220 (41); MRAC 2010-006-P-1-1 (5); SAIAB 87163 (5).

• Type locality: Kigoma Region, Malagarasi River at Lower Igamba Falls, 5.1802°S, 30.503°E [1], Tanzania.

Etymology: The specific name refers to the type locality of this species, Igamba Falls on the Malagarasi River.

References

Primary references

• Friel, J.P. & Vigliotta, T.R. 2011. Three new species of African suckermouth catfishes, genus Chiloglanis (Siluriformes: Mochokidae), from the lower Malagarasi and Luiche rivers of western Tanzania. Zootaxa 3063: 1–21. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3063.1.1. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Chiloglanis igamba in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.