Claroteidae

Claroteidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Superfamily:	Bagroidea
Family:	Claroteidae Bleeker, 1862
Genera
Subfamily Auchenoglanidinae  Anaspidoglanis  Auchenoglanis  Liauchenoglanis  Notoglanidium  Parauchenoglanis  Platyglanis Subfamily Claroteinae  Amarginops  Bathybagrus  Chrysichthys  Clarotes  Gephyroglanis  Lophiobagrus  Pardiglanis  Phyllonemus incertae sedis  Eaglesomia †

The Claroteidae are a family of catfish (Order Siluriformes) found in Africa.^[1] This family was separated from Bagridae.^[2] However, the monophyly of the family is sometimes contested.^[3]

There are 13 genera and 86 known species of Claroteids in two subfamilies, Claroteinae and Auchenoglanidinae.^[1][2] The subfamily Auchenoglanidinae is sometimes classified as a separate family Auchenoglanididae. This group was also often formerly placed in Bagridae.^[1] The monophyly of Auchenoglanidinae is uncontested; it contains the six genera Anaspidoglanis, Auchenoglanis, Parauchenoglanis, Notoglanidium, Liauchenoglanis, and Platyglanis.^[3]

Two commonly known species are the giraffe catfish, Auchenoglanis occidentalis, and the African big eye catfish, Chrysichthys longipinnis.

Claroteids have a moderately elongate body, usually four pairs of barbels, an adipose fin, and strong pectoral and dorsal fin spines.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Nelson, Joseph, S. (2006). Fishes of the World. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.. ISBN 0471250317. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} Geerinckx, T.; Adriaens, D.; Teugels, G. G.; Verraes, W. (2004). "A systematic revision of the African catfish genus Parauchenoglanis (Siluriformes: Claroteidae)". Journal of Natural History 38 (6): 775–803. doi:10.1080/0022293021000039160. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Otero, Olga; Likius, Andossa; Vignaud, Patrick; Brunet, Michel (2007). "A New Claroteid Catfish (Siluriformes) From the Upper Miocene of Toros-Menalla, Chad: Auchenoglanis soye, sp. nov". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27 (2): 285–294. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[285:ANCCSF]2.0.CO;2.