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Scientific Name	**Chiloglanis neumanni** Boulenger, 1911
Common Name	Neuman's Rock Catfish
Type Locality	Upper Bubu River, Masailand, Africa.
Pronunciation	Kee low glan iss
Etymology	Chiloglanis: From the Greek cheilos, meaning lip, and glanis, meaning catfish; in reference to the oral morphology.
Articles	- CotM 2023 May
Species Information
Size	65mm or 2.6" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	The second largest catfish genus in Africa after Synodontis. They are characterized by jaws and lips modified into a sucker or oral disc used for adhering to and feeding upon objects in fast-flowing waters. Generally reasonably small at 100 mm SL or less. species with forked caudal fins can show sexual dimorphism and is usually species-specific. Other characteristics in this hard-to-ID genus are the size of the adipose fin, the position of the adipose fin relative to pelvic and ventral fins, size of barbles, eyes and dorsal fin. Only a handful of species are identified on colouration. They can be distinguished from other African suckermouth catfish (of the genera Euchilichthys and Atopochilus) by their circular suckermouth disc. This is more elliptical in the other two genera. Brownish with, optionally, black speckling. Strongly forked caudal fin.
General Remarks	Range may be much more limited than currently thought, described from the upper Bubu River, central Tanzania.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Africa: Limpopo River system, Cunene, Kafue, Zambezi (above and below Victoria Falls), Okavango, Upper Congo River in Zambia, Lake Malawi and Lake Kariba. Also known from the Pugnwe and Buzi systems and east coast rivers in Tanzania African Waters, Limpopo (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Zambesi, Kafue (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Cunene (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Zambesi (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Okavango (Cubango) (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Zambesi, Kariba (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Zambesi, Malawi (click on these areas to find other species found there) African Waters, Congo, Upper Congo (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Data Deficient , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2018.
pH	6.0 - 7.5
Temperature	20.0-26.0°C or 68-78.8°F (Show species within this range)
Other Parameters	dH°15.
Husbandry Information
Feeding	Feeds on the biocover on rocks and grazes on algae. User data.
Breeding	Unreported.
Breeding Reports	There is but a single breeding report, read it here.
Further Information
Reference	Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa v. 2, pp 481, Fig. 359.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 02 01:39 (species record created: 2001 Apr 21 00:00)