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Claroteidae

Was previously a sub-family of the Bagridae, this group of catfishes has now been elevated to its own family status. All from the African continent with the Giraffe or the African Big Eye Catfish being the more common species.

Sizes vary in this family from the larger Chrysichthys to the smaller Lophiobagrus genera of Lake Tanganika.

SCIENTIFIC NAMES
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Auchenoglanis acuticeps

Auchenoglanis biscutatus

Auchenoglanis occidentalis

Auchenoglanis senegali

Auchenoglanis tanganicanus

Auchenoglanis tchadiensis

Auchenoglanis wittei

Bathybagrus grandis

Bathybagrus sianenna

Chrysichthys auratus

Chrysichthys brachynema

Chrysichthys brevibarbis

Chrysichthys cranchii

Chrysichthys furcatus

Chrysichthys laticeps

Chrysichthys longipinnis

Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus

Chrysichthys ornatus

Chrysichthys polli

Chrysichthys punctatus

Clarotes bidorsalis

Clarotes laticeps

Lophiobagrus brevispinis

Lophiobagrus cyclurus

Notoglanidium macrostoma

Parauchenoglanis balayi

Parauchenoglanis monkei

Parauchenoglanis ngamensis

Parauchenoglanis punctatus

Pardiglanis tarabinii

Phyllonemus typus

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