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Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Mochokidae (Squeakers or upside-down catfishes) > Chiloglanidinae
Etymology: Chiloglanis: Greek, cheilos = lip + Greek, glanis = a fish that can eat the bait without touching the hook; a cat fish (Ref. 45335).

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Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical

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Africa: endemic to the Kalambo River basin, Tanzania (Ref. 27292, 78218, 87986).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.4 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 27292)

Oviparous (Ref. 205). Caught in water with rocks and boulders, little waterfalls and rapids, not in more quiet streams; nothing is known in detail on its diet, but it seems to be omnivorous; nothing is known on the breeding habits (Ref. 27292).

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Oviparous (Ref. 205). Distinct pairing during breeding (Ref. 205).

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Seegers, L., 1996. The fishes of the Lake Rukwa drainage. Ann. Mus. R. Afr. Centr., Sci. Zool., 278:1-407. (Ref. 27292)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

Vulnerable (VU) (D2); Date assessed: 31 January 2006

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Chiloglanis kalambo Seegers, 1996