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Amblycipitidae

Amblycipitidae This is a small family of only three genera, Amblyceps, Liobagrus and Xiurenbagrus which are very rarely imported for the aquarium trade. These three genera are found in Southern Asia, China, Taiwan and Japan. Resembles the loaches in their body shape and also possess 4 pairs of barbels with the nasal barbels being very prominent.

Not very easy to keep as they do prefer fast flowing water, so would need this criteria in the aquarium to survive. Commonly known as "Hillstream Catfishes"

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Fishes of Mainland Southeast Asia

Amblyceps caecutiens, Amblyceps caecutiens

Amblyceps serratum, Amblyceps serratum

Liobagrus reinii, Liobagrus reinii

Daniel Blom

Amblyceps mangois

Arnob Bora

Amblyceps arunachalense

Amaël Borzée

Liobagrus mediadiposalis

Chen et al 2024

Liobagrus anguillicauda

Liobagrus brevispina

Liobagrus chenhaojuni, Liobagrus chenhaojuni, Liobagrus chenhaojuni

Liobagrus styani

Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences

Liobagrus kingi

Xiurenbagrus gigas, Xiurenbagrus gigas, Xiurenbagrus gigas

Danté Fenolio @ anotheca

Xiurenbagrus dorsalis, Xiurenbagrus dorsalis, Xiurenbagrus dorsalis

Zhou Hang

Amblyceps foratum

Liobagrus marginatus, Liobagrus marginatus, Liobagrus marginatus, Liobagrus marginatus, Liobagrus marginatus, Liobagrus marginatus, Liobagrus marginatus

Xiurenbagrus xiurenensis

Freshwater Fishes of China in Coloured Illustrations

Liobagrus marginatoides, Liobagrus marginatoides

Liobagrus marginatus, Liobagrus marginatus

Xiurenbagrus xiurenensis

Johnny Jensen's Photographic Library

Amblyceps cerinum

Humaun Kabir Rahat/Sadit Khan

Amblyceps hmolaii, Amblyceps hmolaii, Amblyceps hmolaii, Amblyceps hmolaii

Kim S-h, et al. 2023

Liobagrus geumgangensis, Liobagrus geumgangensis, Liobagrus geumgangensis

Liobagrus mediadiposalis

Liobagrus somjinensis

Tobias Koch

Amblyceps mangois, Amblyceps mangois, Amblyceps mangois

Frants Lehmann (Stamps)

Liobagrus mediadiposalis

Nakamura, M; Keys to the Freshwater Fishes of Japan Fully Illustrated in Colors

Liobagrus reinii

Beta Mahatvaraj

Amblyceps cerinum, Amblyceps cerinum

Amblyceps laticeps

Amblyceps mangois

Amblyceps tenuispinis

Abhisek Mishra

Amblyceps cerinum

Amblyceps crassioris, Amblyceps crassioris, Amblyceps crassioris, Amblyceps crassioris

Amblyceps hmolaii, Amblyceps hmolaii

Amblyceps laticeps

Nilanjan Mukherjee

Amblyceps laticeps

Nonn Panitvong @ Siamensis.org

Amblyceps foratum

Cheilinus Aquarium Photography

Amblyceps mangois, Amblyceps mangois

Amblyceps yunnanensis, Amblyceps yunnanensis

Drake Shaw @ Crazy Aqua Studio

Liobagrus marginatoides

Liobagrus marginatus

Xiurenbagrus xiurenensis

Nikhil Sood

Amblyceps mangois, Amblyceps mangois

Original Source

Amblyceps mangois

taek-guen-im

Liobagrus mediadiposalis

Liobagrus somjinensis

The Fishes of Taiwan

Liobagrus formosanus, Liobagrus formosanus

Adrian Taylor

Amblyceps foratum, Amblyceps foratum, Amblyceps foratum, Amblyceps foratum

Zhong-Guang Chen et al.

Liobagrus chengduensis, Liobagrus chengduensis, Liobagrus chengduensis, Liobagrus chengduensis

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