Chiloglanis niloticus

Chiloglanis niloticus

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 niloticus

Name

Chiloglanis niloticus Boulenger, 1900

• Syntypes: BMNH 1907.12.2.1466-73 (8); MNHN 1907-0230 (1); MSNG 14420 (1).

Type locality: Arko Island [1], Sudan.

Etymology: The specific epithet niloticus, refers to the Nile river, the type locality of the species.

References

• Boulenger, G. A.; 1900: On some little-known African silurid fishes of the subfamily Doradinae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (Series 7) 6 (36): 520–529.
• Chiloglanis niloticus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2026. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.