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Family: Amphiliidae Loach catfishes



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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Amphilius atesuensis Africa 9.3 SL 1904
Amphilius athiensis Africa 16.0 SL 2010
Amphilius brevis Africa 8.4 TL 1902
Amphilius caudosignatus Africa 5.0 SL 2007
Amphilius chalei Africa 7.0 SL 2008
Amphilius crassus Africa 8.6 SL 2015
Amphilius cryptobullatus Africa 13.5 SL 1986
Amphilius dimonikensis Africa 5.6 SL 2007
Amphilius engelbrechti Inkomati mountain catfish Africa 7.3 SL 2021
Amphilius frieli Africa 13.6 SL 2015
Amphilius grandis Africa 18.1 SL 1905
Amphilius jacksonii Marbled mountain catfish Africa 15 TL 1912
Amphilius kakrimensis Africa 4.2 SL 1987
Amphilius kivuensis Africa 10.6 TL 1933
Amphilius korupi Africa 6.5 SL 2007
Amphilius krefftii Africa 20.8 SL 1911
Amphilius lamani Africa 9.6 TL 1920
Amphilius lampei Africa 10 TL 1913
Amphilius laticaudatus Broadtail mountain catfish Africa 5.2 SL 1984
Amphilius lentiginosus Africa 11.8 SL 1936
Amphilius leopardus Mottled mountain catfish Africa 5.8 SL 2021
Amphilius longirostris Africa 8.2 SL 1901
Amphilius lujani Africa 12.0 SL 2015
Amphilius maesii Africa 8.8 TL 1919
Amphilius mamonekenensis Africa 7.2 SL 2007
Amphilius marshalli Slender mountain catfish Africa 7.8 SL 2021
Amphilius natalensis Natal mountain catfish Africa 12.5 SL 1917
Amphilius nigricaudatus Africa 7.3 SL 1909
Amphilius opisthophthalmus Africa 8.4 TL 1919
Amphilius pedunculus Africa 11.9 SL 2015
Amphilius platychir Mountain barbel Africa 9.2 SL 1864
Amphilius pulcher Africa 7.8 SL 1929
Amphilius rheophilus Africa 12.2 SL 1959
Amphilius ruziziensis Africa 12.1 SL 2015
Amphilius uranoscopus Stargazer mountain catfish Africa 19.5 TL 1889
Amphilius zairensis Africa 9.4 SL 1986
Amphilius zuluorum uMkhomazi mountain catfish Africa 9.3 SL 2021
Andersonia leptura Africa 4.6 SL 1900
Belonoglanis brieni Africa 5 TL 1959
Belonoglanis tenuis Africa 17.2 TL 1902
Congoglanis alula Africa 14.1 SL 1917
Congoglanis howesi Africa 11.3 SL 2012
Congoglanis inga Africa 11.1 SL 2011
Congoglanis sagitta Africa 13.6 SL 2011
Dolichamphilius brieni Africa 5.4 TL 1959
Dolichamphilius longiceps Africa 4.2 SL 2003
Doumea angolensis Africa 7 TL 1906
Doumea chappuisi Africa 11.6 SL 1933
Doumea gracila Africa 14.1 SL 2007
Doumea reidi Africa 9.3 SL 2010
Doumea sanaga Africa 8 SL 2007
Doumea skeltoni Africa 4.5 SL 2014
Doumea stilicauda Africa 17.5 SL 2010
Doumea thysi Africa 6.6 SL 1989
Doumea typica Africa 22 SL 1879
Leptoglanis bouilloni Africa 6.2 SL 1959
Leptoglanis xenognathus Africa 7.8 TL 1902
Paramphilius baudoni Africa 7.5 SL 1928
Paramphilius firestonei Africa 5.9 SL 1942
Paramphilius teugelsi Africa 5.1 SL 1989
Paramphilius trichomycteroides Africa 5.3 SL 1907
Phractura ansorgii African whiptailed catfish Africa 9 TL 1902
Phractura bovei Africa 11 TL 1892
Phractura brevicauda Africa 8.5 SL 1911
Phractura clauseni Africa 7.8 SL 1963
Phractura fasciata Africa 12.5 TL 1920
Phractura gladysae Africa 12.4 SL 1931
Phractura intermedia Africa 9.5 TL 1911
Phractura lindica Africa 9 TL 1902
Phractura longicauda Africa 10 SL 1903
Phractura macrura Africa 9.1 SL 1967
Phractura scaphyrhynchura Africa 15 TL 1886
Phractura stiassny Africa 11.5 SL 2007
Phractura tenuicauda Africa 9.5 TL 1902
Psammphiletria delicata Africa 2.1 SL 2003
Psammphiletria nasuta Africa 2.4 SL 2003
Tetracamphilius angustifrons Africa 3.9 SL 1902
Tetracamphilius clandestinus Africa 2.0 SL 2003
Tetracamphilius notatus Africa 3.3 SL 1917
Tetracamphilius pectinatus Africa 3.4 SL 2003
Trachyglanis ineac Africa 10.1 TL 1954
Trachyglanis intermedius Africa 9 TL 1928
Trachyglanis minutus Africa 5 TL 1902
Trachyglanis sanghensis Africa 5 TL 1925
Zaireichthys brevis Africa 3.4 TL 1915
Zaireichthys camerunensis Africa 3.3 SL 1963
Zaireichthys compactus Africa 2.6 SL 2008
Zaireichthys conspicuus Blotched sand catlet Africa 3.5 SL 2011
Zaireichthys dorae Chobe sand catlet Africa 2.7 SL 1967
Zaireichthys flavomaculatus Africa 3.9 SL 1926
Zaireichthys heterurus Africa 3.5 SL 2003
Zaireichthys kafuensis Africa 2.4 SL 2011
Zaireichthys kavangoensis Africa 2.7 SL 2011
Zaireichthys kunenensis Africa 2.5 SL 2011
Zaireichthys lacustris Africa 2.2 SL 2011
Zaireichthys mandevillei Africa 2.6 SL 1959
Zaireichthys maravensis Africa 3.1 SL 2011
Zaireichthys monomotapa Eastern sand catlet Africa 4.1 SL 2011
Zaireichthys pallidus Pale sand catlet Africa 2.5 SL 2011
Zaireichthys rotundiceps Spotted sand catlet Africa 3.8 SL 1905
Zaireichthys wamiensis Africa 2.5 SL 1989
Zaireichthys zonatus Africa 2.5 TL 1968



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