Chiloglanis occidentalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Siluriformes

Familia: Mochokidae
Subfamilia: Chiloglanidinae
Genus: Chiloglanis
Species: Chiloglanis occidentalis

Name

Chiloglanis occidentalis Pellegrin, 1933

• Syntypes: MNHN 1932-0300 (1) Man; NMBA 4252 (1) Douékoué.

Type locality: Man [1], and Douékoué [2], Ivory Coast.

Etymology: The specific epithet occidentalis is the Latin word for west, it refers to the more western distribution of this species, as in the time of Pellegrin members of this genus were known mainly from eastern parts of Africa.

References

• Pellegrin, J.; 1933: Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et P. A. Chappuis en Afrique occidentale Française (Dec. 1930--Mars 1931). IV. Poissons. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, 26: 101–120.
• Chiloglanis occidentalis in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.