Family Amphiliidae - Loach catfishes
  Order
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  Class
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Actinopterygii
No. in FishBase
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Genera : 13 | Species : 98 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
  Environment
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Fresh : Yes | Brackish : No | Marine : No
  Division
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Primary freshwater
  Aquarium
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none
  First Fossil Record
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  Remark
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Distribution: Africa. Barbels 3 pairs. Short dorsal and anal fin bases. No spine in dorsal fin; dorsal spine feeble in Trachyglanis. Most species lacking pectoral spine. Occasionally a short spine in adipose fin. No pterygoid and posttemporal. Usually restricted to high altitude streams. Attains 18 cm maximum length; most species below 12 cm.
  Etymology
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Greek, amphi = on both sides + Greek, lepis, -idos = scale ( Ref. 45335).
  Reproductive guild
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guarders
  Typical activity level
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  Main Ref
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  Coordinator
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  Deep Fin Classification
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Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Otomorpha | Ostariophysi | Otophysa | Characiphysae | Siluriformes | Siluroidei | Amphiliidae

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Species/Synonymy list for the family Amphiliidae as currently in FishBase

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The list below must not be used as an authority reference synonymy list like those found in scientific published revisions, which must be the source to be used and cited eventually when they exist.

Rather, it reflects the current content of FishBase, and the progress with respect to synchronization with the Catalog of Fishes. However, we think it can be useful for users to assess the quality of information in FishBase, to start new work on the family, or to cross-check with other lists.

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This list uses some data from Catalog of Fishes (not shown but used to sort names).

In the column CofF, the digit indicates the status of synchronization with CofF: 0: Not checked; 1: Same status;   2: Different status;   3: Other combination;   4: Synonym in CofF;   5: Species/Subspecies issue;   6: Synonym of another species in CofF;   7: Not in CofF;   8: Should not be in CofF. The CofF version currently used is the one published on 23-07-2014 (Ref. 97102).

The list ordered as follows:

Please send comments and corrections if you detect errors or missing names.

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination CofF
Amphiliinae
Amphilius platychir (Günther, 1864)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniornew
Pimelodus platychir Günther, 1864
synonymseniororiginal2
Amphilius grammatophorus Pellegrin, 1913
synonymjuniororiginal2
synonymjuniororiginal1
synonymjuniororiginal1
synonymjuniororiginal2
Amphilius uranoscopus (non Pfeffer, 1889)
misappliedmisappliednew
Amphilius uranoscopus (Pfeffer, 1889)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal2
Pimelodus uranoscopus (Pfeffer, 1889)
synonymseniornew
Chimarrhoglanis leroyi Vaillant, 1897
synonymjuniororiginal2
Amphilius leroyi (Vaillant, 1897)
synonymjuniornew
Amphilius hargeri Boulenger, 1907
synonymjuniororiginal2
Amphilius brevidorsalis Pellegrin, 1919
synonymjuniororiginal2
Amphilius transvaaliensis van der Horst, 1931
synonymjuniororiginal2
synonymjuniororiginal1
Amphilius platychir (non Günther, 1864)
misappliedmisappliednew
Anoplopterus platychir (non Günther, 1864)
misappliedmisappliedmisapplied
Amphilius grandis (non Boulenger, 1905)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Amphilius krefftii (non Boulenger, 1911)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Amphilius oxyrhinus (non Boulenger, 1912)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Amphilius longirostris (Boulenger, 1901)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal2
Amphilius brevis Boulenger, 1902
acceptedseniororiginal2
Anoplopterus brevis (Boulenger, 1902)
synonymseniornew
Amphilius atesuensis Boulenger, 1904
acceptedseniororiginal2
Amphilius pictus Nichols & La Monte, 1933
synonymjuniororiginal2
Amphilius platychir (non Günther, 1864)
misappliedmisappliednew
Amphilius grandis Boulenger, 1905
acceptedseniororiginal2
Amphilius oxyrhinus Boulenger, 1912
synonymjuniororiginal2
Amphilius nigricaudatus Pellegrin, 1909
acceptedseniororiginal2
synonymjuniororiginal6
Amphilius krefftii Boulenger, 1911
acceptedseniororiginal2
! Amphilius kreffti Boulenger, 1911
synonymseniororiginal
Amphilius jacksonii Boulenger, 1912
acceptedseniororiginal2
! Amphilius jacksoni Boulenger, 1912
synonymseniororiginal
Amphilius lampei Pietschmann, 1913
acceptedseniororiginal2
Amphilius natalensis Boulenger, 1917
acceptedseniororiginal2
Amphilius longirostris (non Boulenger, 1901)
misappliedmisappliednew
Amphilius lampei (non Pietschmann, 1913)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Amphilius maesii Boulenger, 1919
acceptedseniororiginal2
! Amphilius maesi Boulenger, 1919
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal2
Amphilius lamani Lönnberg & Rendahl, 1920
acceptedseniororiginal2
Amphilius pulcher Pellegrin, 1929
acceptedseniororiginal2
synonymjuniororiginal1
Amphilius kivuensis Pellegrin, 1933
acceptedseniororiginal2
Amphilius lentiginosus Trewavas, 1936
acceptedseniororiginal2
acceptedseniororiginal2
acceptedseniororiginal2
acceptedseniororiginal2
Amphilius zairensis Skelton, 1986
acceptedseniororiginal2
Amphilius kakrimensis Teugels, Skelton & Lévêque, 1987
acceptedseniororiginal2
acceptedseniororiginal2
acceptedseniororiginal2
Amphilius korupi Skelton, 2007
acceptedseniororiginal2
acceptedseniororiginal2
Amphilius chalei Seegers, 2008
acceptedseniororiginal2
Amphilius athiensis Thomson & Page, 2010
acceptedseniororiginal2
Amphilius crassus Thomson & Hilber, 2015
acceptedseniororiginal2
Amphilius platychir (non Günther, 1864)
misappliedmisappliednew
Amphilius frieli Thomson & Page, 2015
acceptedseniororiginal2
Amphilius platychir (non Günther, 1864)
misappliedmisappliednew
Amphilius lujani Thomson & Page, 2015
acceptedseniororiginal2
Amphilius jacksonii (non Boulenger, 1912)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Amphilius pedunculus Thomson & Page, 2015
acceptedseniororiginal2
Amphilius jacksonii (non Boulenger, 1912)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Amphilius ruziziensis Thomson & Page, 2015
acceptedseniororiginal2
Amphilius platychir (non Günther, 1864)
misappliedmisappliednew
acceptedseniororiginal2
Paramphilius baudoni (Pellegrin, 1928)
acceptedseniornew
Amphilius baudoni Pellegrin, 1928
synonymseniororiginal2
synonymjuniororiginal1
Paramphilius goodi Harry, 1953
synonymjuniororiginal2
acceptedseniororiginal2
Paramphilius teugelsi Skelton, 1989
acceptedseniororiginal2
Paramphilius trichomycteroides (non Pellegrin, 1907)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Doumeinae
Doumea typica Sauvage, 1879
acceptedseniororiginal2
Doumea angolensis Boulenger, 1906
acceptedseniororiginal2
Doumea chappuisi Pellegrin, 1933
acceptedseniororiginal2
Doumea thysi Skelton, 1989
acceptedseniororiginal2
Doumea gracila Skelton, 2007
acceptedseniororiginal2
Doumea sanaga Skelton, 2007
acceptedseniororiginal2
Doumea reidi Ferraris, Skelton & Vari, 2010
acceptedseniororiginal2
Doumea sp. Not applicable
synonymotherother
Doumea stilicauda Ferraris, Skelton & Vari, 2010
acceptedseniororiginal2
Doumea skeltoni Ferraris & Vari, 2014
acceptedseniororiginal
Andersonia leptura Boulenger, 1900
acceptedseniororiginal2
synonymjuniororiginal2
Andersonia pellegrini Boulenger, 1918
synonymjuniororiginal2
Andersonia brevior Boulenger, 1918
ambiguousotheroriginal2
Phractura bovei (Perugia, 1892)
acceptedseniornew
Peltura bovei Perugia, 1892
synonymseniororiginal2
Phractura scaphyrhynchura (Vaillant, 1886)
acceptedseniornew
Doumea scaphyrhynchura Vaillant, 1886
synonymseniororiginal2
Peltura scaphyrhynchura (Vaillant, 1886)
synonymseniornew
! Doumea scaphirhynchus Vaillant, 1886
synonymseniororiginal
! Phractura scaphirhynchura (Vaillant, 1886)
synonymseniornew
! Phractura scaphyrhychura (Vaillant, 1886)
synonymseniornew
Phractura ansorgii Boulenger, 1902
acceptedseniororiginal2
! Phractura ansorgei Boulenger, 1901
synonymseniororiginal
Phractura lindica Boulenger, 1902
acceptedseniororiginal2
Phractura lukugae Boulenger, 1920
synonymjuniororiginal2
Phractura tenuicauda (Boulenger, 1902)
acceptedseniornew
Paraphractura tenuicauda Boulenger, 1902
synonymseniororiginal2
! Phractura tenuicaudata (Boulenger, 1902)
synonymseniornew
Phractura longicauda Boulenger, 1903
acceptedseniororiginal2
Phractura brevicauda Boulenger, 1911
acceptedseniororiginal2
! Phractura brevicaudata Boulenger, 1911
synonymseniororiginal
Phractura intermedia Boulenger, 1911
acceptedseniororiginal2
Phractura fasciata Boulenger, 1920
acceptedseniororiginal2
Phractura gladysae Pellegrin, 1931
acceptedseniororiginal2
Phractura clauseni Daget & Stauch, 1963
acceptedseniororiginal2
Phractura intermedia (non Boulenger, 1911)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
acceptedseniororiginal2
Phractura stiassny Skelton, 2007
acceptedseniororiginal2
Belonoglanis tenuis Boulenger, 1902
acceptedseniororiginal2
Belonoglanis nudipectus Lönnberg & Rendahl, 1920
synonymjuniororiginal2
synonymjuniororiginal2
acceptedseniororiginal2
Trachyglanis minutus Boulenger, 1902
acceptedseniororiginal2
Trachyglanis sanghensis Pellegrin, 1925
acceptedseniororiginal2
Trachyglanis intermedius Pellegrin, 1928
acceptedseniororiginal2
Trachyglanis ineac (Poll, 1954)
acceptedseniornew
Phractura ineac Poll, 1954
synonymseniororiginal2
Congoglanis inga Ferraris, Vari & Skelton, 2011
acceptedseniororiginal2
Doumea alula (non Nichols & Griscom, 1917)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Congoglanis alula (Nichols & Griscom, 1917)
acceptedseniornew
Doumea alula Nichols & Griscom, 1917
synonymseniororiginal2
Congoglanis sagitta Ferraris, Vari & Skelton, 2011
acceptedseniororiginal2
Doumea alula (non Nichols & Griscom, 1917)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Congoglanis howesi Vari, Ferraris & Skelton, 2012
acceptedseniororiginal2
Doumea alula (non Nichols & Griscom, 1917)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Leptoglanidinae
Leptoglanis xenognathus Boulenger, 1902
acceptedseniororiginal2
acceptedseniororiginal2
Zaireichthys zonatus Roberts, 1968
acceptedseniororiginal2
Zaireichthys rotundiceps (Hilgendorf, 1905)
acceptedseniornew
Gephyroglanis rotundiceps Hilgendorf, 1905
synonymseniororiginal2
Leptoglanis rotundiceps (Hilgendorf, 1905)
synonymseniornew
Zaireichthys brevis (Boulenger, 1915)
acceptedseniornew
Leptoglanis brevis Boulenger, 1915
synonymseniororiginal2
Zaireichthys flavomaculatus (Pellegrin, 1926)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal2
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal2
Zaireichthys camerunensis (Daget & Stauch, 1963)
acceptedseniornew
Leptoglanis camerunensis Daget & Stauch, 1963
synonymseniororiginal2
Zaireichthys dorae (Poll, 1967)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal2
Zaireichthys wamiensis (Seegers, 1989)
acceptedseniornew
Leptoglanis wamiensis Seegers, 1989
synonymseniororiginal2
acceptedseniororiginal2
acceptedseniororiginal2
Zaireichthys conspicuus Eccles, Tweddle & Skelton, 2011
acceptedseniororiginal2
Zaireichthys kafuensis Eccles, Tweddle & Skelton, 2011
acceptedseniororiginal2
Leptoglanis rotundiceps (non Hilgendorf, 1905)
misappliedmisappliednew
Zaireichthys kavangoensis Eccles, Tweddle & Skelton, 2011
acceptedseniororiginal2
Zaireichthys kunenensis Eccles, Tweddle & Skelton, 2011
acceptedseniororiginal2
Zaireichthys sp. Not applicable
synonymotherother
Leptoglanis rotundiceps (non Hilgendorf, 1905)
misappliedmisappliednew
Zaireichthys lacustris Eccles, Tweddle & Skelton, 2011
acceptedseniororiginal2
Zaireichthys maravensis Eccles, Tweddle & Skelton, 2011
acceptedseniororiginal2
Zaireichthys monomotapa Eccles, Tweddle & Skelton, 2011
acceptedseniororiginal2
Zaireichthys pallidus Eccles, Tweddle & Skelton, 2011
acceptedseniororiginal2
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal2
acceptedseniororiginal2
Psammphiletria nasuta Roberts, 2003
acceptedseniororiginal2
acceptedseniororiginal2
acceptedseniororiginal2
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal2
Amphilius angustifrons (Boulenger, 1902)
synonymseniornew
Tetracamphilius notatus (Nichols & Griscom, 1917)
acceptedseniornew
Amphilius notatus Nichols & Griscom, 1917
synonymseniororiginal2
acceptedseniororiginal2
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