PlanetCatfish.com - The catfish family Amphiliidae

Family Overview

Pronounced	Am FILL E Id Day
Family Common Name	African Hillstream Catfishes
Etymology	Named after the genus <em>Amphilus</em>.
Features	Long either loach-like or thin elongated body. Some species with an underslung mouth reminiscent of South American whiptail catfishes (<I>Rineloricaria</I>).
Common Names	Imports are so rare that common names are not established.
Size	Smallest 20mm, largest 195mm, average 78mm, most commonly 50mm. All SL.
Subfamilies	There are 3 subfamilies in the database
Species	There are 97 "species" in 65 genera in the database
Keepers	10 species (10%) are being kept by registered keepers
Distribution	Africa Login to view the map.

Subfamilies in Amphiliidae (by species)
3.	Amphiliinae	611 species	(630%)
3.	Doumeinae	232 species	(239%)
3.	Leptoglaninae	219 species	(226%)

Top Five Genera (by keepers)
1.	Belonoglanis	3 species	(2 keepers)
2.	Trachyglanis	5 species	(1 keepers)
3.	Amphilius	35 species	(0 keepers)
4.	Doumea	9 species	(0 keepers)
5.	Phractura	13 species	(0 keepers)

Most Kept Species
1.	Amphilius platychir	(39.29%)
2.	Amphilius atesuensis	(17.86%)
3.	Phractura ansorgii	(14.29%)
4.	Belonoglanis brieni	(7.14%)
5.	Amphilius athiensis	(3.57%)
6.	Amphilius rheophilus	(3.57%)
7.	Trachyglanis ineac	(3.57%)
8.	Phractura lindica	(3.57%)
9.	Amphilius uranoscopus	(3.57%)
10.	Doumea typica	(3.57%)

Chronological Species List (Alphabetic \| Most Kept \| Most Bred)
1.	Amphilius platychir	(i:15, k:11, b:0)
2.	Doumea typica	(i:2, k:1, b:0)
3.	Phractura scaphyrhynchura	(i:4, k:0, b:0)
4.	Amphilius uranoscopus	(i:5, k:1, b:0)
5.	Phractura bovei	(i:0, k:0, b:0)
6.	Andersonia leptura	(i:0, k:0, b:0)
7.	Amphilius longirostris	(i:3, k:0, b:0)
8.	Amphilius brevis	(i:3, k:0, b:0)
9.	Belonoglanis tenuis	(i:7, k:0, b:0)
10.	Leptoglanis xenognathus	(i:0, k:0, b:0)
11.	Phractura ansorgii	(i:2, k:4, b:0)
12.	Phractura lindica	(i:0, k:1, b:0)
13.	Phractura tenuicauda	(i:0, k:0, b:0)
14.	Tetracamphilius angustifrons	(i:3, k:0, b:0)
15.	Trachyglanis minutus	(i:1, k:0, b:0)
16.	Phractura longicauda	(i:0, k:0, b:0)
17.	Amphilius atesuensis	(i:3, k:5, b:0)
18.	Amphilius grandis	(i:3, k:0, b:0)
19.	Zaireichthys rotundiceps	(i:4, k:0, b:0)
20.	Doumea angolensis	(i:1, k:0, b:0)
21.	Paramphilius trichomycteroides	(i:0, k:0, b:0)
22.	Amphilius krefftii	(i:3, k:0, b:0)
23.	Phractura brevicauda	(i:0, k:0, b:0)
24.	Phractura intermedia	(i:0, k:0, b:0)
25.	Amphilius jacksonii	(i:3, k:0, b:0)
26.	Amphilius grammatophorus	(i:1, k:0, b:0)
27.	Amphilius lampei	(i:0, k:0, b:0)
28.	Zaireichthys brevis	(i:0, k:0, b:0)
29.	Amphilius natalensis	(i:3, k:0, b:0)
30.	Congoglanis alula	(i:3, k:0, b:0)
31.	Tetracamphilius notatus	(i:0, k:0, b:0)
32.	Amphilius maesii	(i:3, k:0, b:0)
33.	Amphilius opisthophthalmus	(i:3, k:0, b:0)
34.	Amphilius lamani	(i:0, k:0, b:0)
35.	Phractura fasciata	(i:3, k:0, b:0)
36.	Trachyglanis sanghensis	(i:3, k:0, b:0)
37.	Zaireichthys flavomaculatus	(i:2, k:0, b:0)
38.	Paramphilius baudoni	(i:2, k:0, b:0)
39.	Trachyglanis intermedius	(i:0, k:0, b:0)
40.	Amphilius pulcher	(i:1, k:0, b:0)
41.	Phractura gladysae	(i:0, k:0, b:0)
42.	Amphilius kivuensis	(i:2, k:0, b:0)
43.	Doumea chappuisi	(i:0, k:0, b:0)
44.	Amphilius cubangoensis	(i:0, k:0, b:0)
45.	Amphilius lentiginosus	(i:1, k:0, b:0)
46.	Paramphilius firestonei	(i:0, k:0, b:0)
47.	Trachyglanis ineac	(i:10, k:1, b:0)
48.	Amphilius rheophilus	(i:1, k:1, b:0)
49.	Belonoglanis brieni	(i:15, k:2, b:0)
50.	Dolichamphilius brieni	(i:3, k:0, b:0)
51.	Zaireichthys mandevillei	(i:3, k:0, b:0)
52.	Phractura clauseni	(i:0, k:0, b:0)
53.	Zaireichthys camerunensis	(i:3, k:0, b:0)
54.	Phractura macrura	(i:1, k:0, b:0)
55.	Zaireichthys dorae	(i:1, k:0, b:0)
56.	Zaireichthys zonatus	(i:0, k:0, b:0)
57.	Amphilius laticaudatus	(i:0, k:0, b:0)
58.	Amphilius cryptobullatus	(i:0, k:0, b:0)
59.	Amphilius kakrimensis	(i:0, k:0, b:0)
60.	Doumea thysi	(i:0, k:0, b:0)
61.	Paramphilius teugelsi	(i:0, k:0, b:0)
62.	Zaireichthys wamiensis	(i:1, k:0, b:0)
63.	Dolichamphilius longiceps	(i:0, k:0, b:0)
64.	Psammphiletria delicata	(i:1, k:0, b:0)
65.	Psammphiletria nasuta	(i:0, k:0, b:0)
66.	Tetracamphilius clandestinus	(i:0, k:0, b:0)
67.	Tetracamphilius pectinatus	(i:0, k:0, b:0)
68.	Zaireichthys heterurus	(i:0, k:0, b:0)
69.	Amphilius caudosignatus	(i:0, k:0, b:0)
70.	Amphilius dimonikensis	(i:0, k:0, b:0)
71.	Amphilius korupi	(i:0, k:0, b:0)
72.	Doumea gracila	(i:0, k:0, b:0)
73.	Doumea sanaga	(i:0, k:0, b:0)
74.	Phractura stiassny	(i:0, k:0, b:0)
75.	Amphilius chalei	(i:1, k:0, b:0)
76.	Zaireichthys compactus	(i:1, k:0, b:0)
77.	Amphilius athiensis	(i:0, k:1, b:0)
78.	Doumea reidi	(i:0, k:0, b:0)
79.	Doumea stilicauda	(i:0, k:0, b:0)
80.	Congoglanis inga	(i:0, k:0, b:0)
81.	Congoglanis sagitta	(i:0, k:0, b:0)
82.	Zaireichthys conspicuus	(i:1, k:0, b:0)
83.	Zaireichthys kafuensis	(i:0, k:0, b:0)
84.	Zaireichthys kavangoensis	(i:0, k:0, b:0)
85.	Zaireichthys kunenensis	(i:0, k:0, b:0)
86.	Zaireichthys lacustris	(i:0, k:0, b:0)
87.	Zaireichthys maravensis	(i:1, k:0, b:0)
88.	Zaireichthys monomotapa	(i:2, k:0, b:0)
89.	Zaireichthys pallidus	(i:1, k:0, b:0)
90.	Congoglanis howesi	(i:0, k:0, b:0)
91.	Doumea skeltoni	(i:0, k:0, b:0)
92.	Amphilius crassus	(i:0, k:0, b:0)
93.	Amphilius frieli	(i:0, k:0, b:0)
94.	Amphilius lujani	(i:0, k:0, b:0)
95.	Amphilius pedunculus	(i:0, k:0, b:0)
96.	Amphilius ruziziensis	(i:0, k:0, b:0)
97.	Amphilius engelbrechti	(i:0, k:0, b:0)