Uegitglanis zammaranoi
Uegitglanis zammaranoi is the only species of catfish (order Siluriformes) in the genus Uegitglanis of the family Clariidae.[2] It is endemic to Somalia, where it only occurs in caves near the Jubba and the Shebelle Rivers.[2][3] This species grows to about 10.1 cm (4.0 in) in total length.[3]
| Uegitglanis zammaranoi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Clariidae |
| Genus: | Uegitglanis Gianferrari, 1923 |
| Species: | U. zammaranoi |
| Binomial name | |
| Uegitglanis zammaranoi Gianferrari, 1923 | |
U. zammaranoi is the sister group to Heteropneustes and the remaining clariids. The problematic relationship of this species to the rest of the family is due to the lack of a labyrinth organ that characterizes the family.[4]
Two other cavefish species are in Somalia: the cyprinids Barbopsis devecchi and Phreatichthys andruzzii.[5]
References
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Uegitglanis zammaranoi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996. Retrieved 5 August 2007.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.232.798. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Uegiglanis zammaranoi" in FishBase. December 2011 version.
- Devaere, Stijn; Adriaens, Dominique; Teugels, Guy G.; Verraes, Walter (2005). "Morphology and spatial constraints in a dorsoventrally flattened skull, with a revised species description of Platyallabes tihoni (Poll, 1944)". Journal of Natural History. 39 (19): 1653–1673. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.596.7003. doi:10.1080/00222930400020103.
- Romero, A., editor (2001). The Biology of Hypogean Fishes. Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes. ISBN 978-1402000768
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