''Uegitglanis zammaranoi'' is the only
species
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of
catfish
Catfish (or catfishes; order Siluriformes or Nematognathi) are a diverse group of ray-finned fish. Named for their prominent barbels, which resemble a cat's whiskers, catfish range in size and behavior from the three largest species alive, ...
(
order
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Siluriformes) in the
genus
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''Uegitglanis'' of the
family
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Clariidae.
It is
endemic
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to
Somalia
Somalia, , Osmanya script: ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐; ar, ุงูุตูู
ุงู, aแนฃ-แนขลซmฤl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constitut ...
, where it only occurs
in caves near the
Jubba and the
Shebelle River
The Shebelle River ( so, Webi Shabeelle, ar, ููุฑ ุดุจููู, am, แฅแฐแ) begins in the highlands of Ethiopia, and then flows southeast into Somalia towards Mogadishu. Near Mogadishu, it turns sharply southwest, where it follows the coast. ...
s.
This species grows to about 10.1 cm (4.0 in)
in total length.
[
''U. zammaranoi'' is hypothesized to be the ]sister group
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Definition
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Taxon A and ...
to '' Heteropneustes'' and the remaining clariids. The problematic relationship of this species to the rest of the family is due to the lack of a labyrinth organ that characterizes the family.Barbopsis devecchi
The Somalian blind barb (''Barbopsis devecchi'') is a ray-finned fish species in the family Cyprinidae. It is the only member of the genus ''Barbopsis''. This troglobitic fish is found only in Somalia.
There are two other cavefish species ...
'' and ''Phreatichthys andruzzii
''Phreatichthys andruzzii'', a species of cyprinid fish, is the only species of the genus ''Phreatichthys'', and is endemic to Somalia. This cave-adapted fish is whitish (not pigmented) and blind. It is considered to have evolved in the cave ...
''.[Romero, A., editor (2001). ''The Biology of Hypogean Fishes.'' Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes. ]
References
Uegitglanis
Cave fish
Fish of Somalia
Endemic fauna of Somalia
Fish described in 1923
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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