Gymnallabes
Appearance
Gymnallabes | |
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Gymnallabes typus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Clariidae |
Genus: | Gymnallabes Günther, 1867 |
Type species | |
Gymnallabes typus Günther, 1867
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Gymnallabes is a genus of airbreathing catfishes found in Africa. Gymnallabes species are thin and eel-like for burrowing.[1]
Species
[edit]There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Gymnallabes nops T. R. Roberts & D. J. Stewart, 1976
- Gymnallabes typus Günther, 1867
References
[edit]- ^ Devaere, S.; Adriaens, D.; Teugels, G.G.; Verraes, W.; De Clerq, N.; Postnov, A. (2005). "Holotype skeletal morphology of Gymnallabes nops (Roberts & Stewart, 1976), using micro CT-scanning". Cybium. Series 3. 29: 281–293.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Gymnallabes". FishBase. December 2011 version.