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Chiloglanis pretoriae VanDerHorst, 1931

Shortspine suckermouth
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Eswatini (Swaziland) country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Specimens are currently known from the Malolotja river within the reserve (Pers. comm. Klaasen 1997).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/wz.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Skelton, P.H., 1993
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classificatie / Names Lokale namen | Synoniemen | Catalog of Fishes(Genus, Soort(en)) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Mochokidae (Squeakers or upside-down catfishes) > Chiloglanidinae
Etymology: Chiloglanis: Greek, cheilos = lip + Greek, glanis = a fish that can eat the bait without touching the hook; a cat fish (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologie

; zoet water benthopelagisch.   Tropical; 13°S - 26°S

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