| Congoglanis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Amphiliidae |
| Subfamily: | Doumeinae |
| Genus: | Congoglanis Ferraris, Vari & P. H. Skelton, 2011 |
| Type species | |
| Doumea alula Nichols & Griscom, 1917 | |
Congoglanis is a genus of loach catfishes found in the Congo River system of Africa. This genus is considered the sister group of all other species in the subfamily Doumeinae.
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:
- Congoglanis alula (Nichols & Griscom, 1917)
- Congoglanis howesi Vari, Ferraris & P. H. Skelton, 2012
- Congoglanis inga Ferraris, Vari & P. H. Skelton, 2011
- Congoglanis sagitta Ferraris, Vari & P. H. Skelton, 2011
References
- Ferraris, C.J. Jr., Vari, R.P. & Skelton, P.H. (2011): A new genus of African loach catfish (Siluriformes: Amphiliidae) from the Congo River basin, the sister-group to all other genera of the Doumeinae, with the description of two new species. Copeia, 2011: 477–489.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Congoglanis". FishBase. December 2012 version.
- ^ Vari, R.P., Ferraris, C.J., Jr. & Skelton, P.H. (2012): New Species of Congoglanis (Siluriformes: Amphiliidae) from the Southern Congo River Basin. Copeia, 2012 (4): 626-630.
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