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Genus of fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Austroglanis is the only genus in the catfish family Austroglanididae. This family was split off from the Bagridae catfish family.[1] All three species of catfishes in the family Austroglanididae are endemic to southern Africa (South Africa and Namibia), and two species are threatened.[2]
| Austroglanis | |
|---|---|
| |
| Austroglanis sclateri | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Austroglanididae T. P. Mo, 1991 |
| Genus: | Austroglanis P. H. Skelton, Risch & De Vos, 1984 |
| Type species | |
| Gephyroglanis sclateri Boulenger 1901 | |
These fish have three pairs of barbels (they lack nasal barbels). They have strong dorsal and pectoral fin spines. The adipose fin is small.[1]
There are currently three described species in this genus:[3]
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