Parauchenoglanis Explained

Parauchenoglanis is a genus of claroteid catfishes native to Africa.

The range of the genus Parauchenoglanis stretches from the coastal lowlands of Benin and Nigeria to the Okavango and upper Zambezi River systems in Botswana and Zambia.^[1]

Species

Parauchenoglanis currently contains the following 10 recognized species:

• Parauchenoglanis ahli (Holly, 1930)
• Parauchenoglanis altipinnis (Boulenger, 1911)
• Parauchenoglanis balayi (Sauvage, 1879)
• Parauchenoglanis buettikoferi (Popta, 1913)
• Parauchenoglanis chiumbeensis Yonela Sithole, Emmanuel J W M N Vreven, Pedro H N Bragança, Tobias Musschoot, Albert Chakona. 2024^{[2] [3]}
• Parauchenoglanis dolichorhinus Yonela Sithole, Emmanuel J W M N Vreven, Pedro H N Bragança, Tobias Musschoot, Albert Chakona. 2024^{[2] [3]}
• Parauchenoglanis ernstswartzi Yonela Sithole, Emmanuel J W M N Vreven, Pedro H N Bragança, Tobias Musschoot, Albert Chakona. 2024^{[2] [2] [3]}
• Parauchenoglanis longiceps (Boulenger, 1913)
• Parauchenoglanis lueleensis Yonela Sithole, Emmanuel J W M N Vreven, Pedro H N Bragança, Tobias Musschoot, Albert Chakona. 2024^{[2] [3]}
• Parauchenoglanis luendaensis Yonela Sithole, Emmanuel J W M N Vreven, Pedro H N Bragança, Tobias Musschoot, Albert Chakona. 2024^{[2] [3]}
• Parauchenoglanis megalasma Yonela Sithole, Emmanuel J W M N Vreven, Pedro H N Bragança, Tobias Musschoot, Albert Chakona. 2024^{[2] [3]}
• Parauchenoglanis monkei (Keilhack, 1910) (Dotted catfish)
• Parauchenoglanis ngamensis (Boulenger, 1911) (Zambezi grunter)
• Parauchenoglanis pantherinus (Pellegrin, 1929)
• Parauchenoglanis patersoni Yonela Sithole, Emmanuel J W M N Vreven, Pedro H N Bragança, Tobias Musschoot, Albert Chakona. 2024^{[2] [3]}
• Parauchenoglanis poikilos Yonela Sithole, Emmanuel J W M N Vreven, Pedro H N Bragança, Tobias Musschoot, Albert Chakona. 2024^{[2] [3]}
• Parauchenoglanis punctatus (Boulenger, 1902)
• Parauchenoglanis stiassnyae (Modimo, Bernt, Monsembula Iyaba, Mbimbi & Liyandja, 2024)

References

1. Geerinckx. T.. Adriaens, D. . Teugels, G. G. . Verraes, W. . 2004. A systematic revision of the African catfish genus Parauchenoglanis (Siluriformes: Claroteidae). Journal of Natural History. 38. 6. 775–803. 10.1080/0022293021000039160. 84727032.
2. Yonela Sithole, Emmanuel J W M N Vreven, Pedro H N Bragança, Tobias Musschoot, Albert Chakona. 2024. Nine in One: Integrative Taxonomic Evidence of Hidden Species Diversity in the widespread Zambezi Grunter, Parauchenoglanis ngamensis (Siluriformes: Auchenoglanididae), from southern and south-central Africa. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 202(3); zlae121. DOI: doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae121 saiab.AC.za
3. https://saiab.ac.za/unveiling-new-species-how-eight-new-catfish-species-were-named | Title = Unveiling New Species: How Eight New Catfish Species Were Named}}