Chiloglanis trilobatus

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 trilobatus

Name

Chiloglanis trilobatus Seegers, 1996

• Holotype: MRAC MRAC 94-34-P-938.
• Paratypes: MRAC 94-34-P-939-947 (9), -948 (1), -949 (1), -950-955 (6), -956-1002 (47), -1003-1049 (47), -1050-1077 (28); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 50336 (10); ZMA 190788 (25); ZMB 32613-14 (20, 10); ZMH 8592-95 (22, 10, 10, 1).

Type locality: Piti River, an affluent of the Rungwa River, eastern Lake Rukwa drainage, Mbeya Region, western Tanzania, 7°27'S, 33°25'E [1].

Etymology: The specific name is a combination of the Latin words tri (= three), and lobos (= lappet, lobe); it refers to the caudal fin of the species which has three lobes.

References

• Seegers, L.; 1996: The fishes of the Lake Rukwa drainage. Annales, Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Série in 8o, Sciences Zoologiques, 278: 1–407.
• Chiloglanis trilobatus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.