Lowveld suckermouth

The lowveld suckermouth (Chiloglanis swierstrai) is a species of upside-down catfish native to Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland and Zimbabwe where it occurs in the Limpopo, Pongola and Komati Rivers. This species grows to a length of 7 centimetres (2.8 in) SL.[3]

Lowveld suckermouth
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Mochokidae
Genus: Chiloglanis
Species:
C. swierstrai
Binomial name
Chiloglanis swierstrai
Synonyms[2]

Chiloglanis engiops Crass, 1960

References

  1. Roux, F.; Hoffman, A. (2017). "Chiloglanis swierstrai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T4633A100195508. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T4633A100195508.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. R. Bills; J. Engelbrecht; B. E. Marshall & J. Cambray (2007). "Chiloglanis swierstrai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007. Retrieved February 5, 2010.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Chiloglanis swierstrai" in FishBase. December 2011 version.


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