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| Scientific Name | Chiloglanis occidentalis Pellegrin, 1933 |
| Common Name(s) | None |
| Type Locality | Ivory Coast. |
| Synonym(s) | Chiloglanis niloticus waterloti |
| Etymology | Chiloglanis: From the Greek cheilos, meaning lip, and glanis, meaning catfish; in reference to the oral morphology. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 62mm (2.4") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Africa: upper Senegal (Bafing and Baoule Rivers in Guinea and Mali), upper Niger, Sassandra in Côte d'Ivoire, upper St. Paul, Kolente and Konkoure Rivers. Also known from the Volta, Little Scarcies (Guinea and Sierra Leone), and Pra (Ghana) African Waters  , Sénégal, Upper Sénégal (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)African Waters , Nigeria Rivers, Niger, Upper Niger (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)African Waters , Côte de Ivoire Waters, Sassandra (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)African Waters , Kolente (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)African Waters , Saint Paul (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)African Waters , Konkouré (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)African Waters , Volta (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)African Waters , Little Scarcies (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)African Waters , Pra (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding | Unreported. |
| Further Information | |
| References | Archiv für Hydrobiologie v. 26 |
| Registered Keepers | None.  Add this species to your "my cats" page. |
| Breeding Reports | None. |
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| Last Update | 2009 Dec 12 10:34 (species record created: 2009 Sep 02 12:58) |
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