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Scientific Name Chiloglanis brevibarbis  Boulenger, 1902
Common Name
Type Locality Mathioya River, Kenya.
Pronunciation Kee low glan iss
Etymology Chiloglanis: From the Greek cheilos, meaning lip, and glanis, meaning catfish; in reference to the oral morphology. 
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Size 61mm or 2.4" 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.
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Distribution Africa: Athi River and Tana System in Kenya.
African Waters, Galana, Athi (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Tana (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2022.
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Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1902, v. 2 (art. 8), pp 224, Pl. 17 (fig. 2).
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Last Update 2020 Oct 25 09:32 (species record created: 2019 Apr 07 17:37)