Chiloglanis polyodon Norman, 1932

Family:  Mochokidae (Squeakers or upside-down catfishes), subfamily: Chiloglanidinae
Max. size:  5.2 cm TL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  benthopelagic; freshwater
Distribution:  Africa: known only from the holotype from the headwaters of Bagbwe River (Sewa River basin), Sierra Leone (Ref. 3202, 57223).
Diagnosis:  Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 5; Vertebrae: 31-31. Diagnosis: buccal disk large and rounded; mandibular barbels short, no auxiliary barbels; premaxillary teeth large, arranged in 4-5 rows; 8+8 mandibular teeth; adipose fin short; caudal fin deeply forked; eyes not very large (Ref. 57223). Coloration: similar to that of Chiloglanis lamottei: body covered with numerous small dark spots, more or less uniformly distributed on dorsal surface (Ref. 57223).
Biology:  Oviparous (Ref. 205).
IUCN Red List Status: Endangered (EN); Date assessed: 15 April 2020 (B1ab(i,iii)) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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