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Class: Teleostei
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Amphiliidae Loach catfishes
Subfamily: Amphiliinae
Genus: Amphilius

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37 species (see list below)
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Amphilius atesuensis Africa 9.3 SL 1904
Amphilius athiensis Africa 16.0 SL 2010
Amphilius brevis Africa 8.4 TL 1902
Amphilius caudosignatus Africa 5.0 SL 2007
Amphilius chalei Africa 7.0 SL 2008
Amphilius crassus Africa 8.6 SL 2015
Amphilius cryptobullatus Africa 13.5 SL 1986
Amphilius dimonikensis Africa 5.6 SL 2007
Amphilius engelbrechti Inkomati mountain catfish Africa 7.3 SL 2021
Amphilius frieli Africa 13.6 SL 2015
Amphilius grandis Africa 18.1 SL 1905
Amphilius jacksonii Marbled mountain catfish Africa 15 TL 1912
Amphilius kakrimensis Africa 4.2 SL 1987
Amphilius kivuensis Africa 10.6 TL 1933
Amphilius korupi Africa 6.5 SL 2007
Amphilius krefftii Africa 20.8 SL 1911
Amphilius lamani Africa 9.6 TL 1920
Amphilius lampei Africa 10 TL 1913
Amphilius laticaudatus Broadtail mountain catfish Africa 5.2 SL 1984
Amphilius lentiginosus Africa 11.8 SL 1936
Amphilius leopardus Mottled mountain catfish Africa 5.8 SL 2021
Amphilius longirostris Africa 8.2 SL 1901
Amphilius lujani Africa 12.0 SL 2015
Amphilius maesii Africa 8.8 TL 1919
Amphilius mamonekenensis Africa 7.2 SL 2007
Amphilius marshalli Slender mountain catfish Africa 7.8 SL 2021
Amphilius natalensis Natal mountain catfish Africa 12.5 SL 1917
Amphilius nigricaudatus Africa 7.3 SL 1909
Amphilius opisthophthalmus Africa 8.4 TL 1919
Amphilius pedunculus Africa 11.9 SL 2015
Amphilius platychir Mountain barbel Africa 9.2 SL 1864
Amphilius pulcher Africa 7.8 SL 1929
Amphilius rheophilus Africa 12.2 SL 1959
Amphilius ruziziensis Africa 12.1 SL 2015
Amphilius uranoscopus Stargazer mountain catfish Africa 19.5 TL 1889
Amphilius zairensis Africa 9.4 SL 1986
Amphilius zuluorum uMkhomazi mountain catfish Africa 9.3 SL 2021



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