Congoglanis alula

Congoglanis alula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Amphiliidae
Genus: Congoglanis
Species:
C. alula
Binomial name
Congoglanis alula
(Nichols & Griscom, 1917)
Synonyms

Doumea alula Nichols & Griscom, 1917

Congoglanis alula is a species of loach catfish found in the Congo River Basin in Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo and possibly in Zambia.

Length

It reaches lengths up to 14.1 centimetres (5.6 in) SL.

Etymology

The fish's name is Latin for a winglet. This may refer to its flattened and expanded wing-like fins, an adaptation to the fast water in which it lives.

References

  1. ↑ Moelants, T. (2010). "Congoglanis alula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010 e.T182246A7842056. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T182246A7842056.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Ferraris, C.J. Jr., Vari, R.P. & Skelton, P.H. (2011): A new genus of African loach catfish (Siluriformes: Amphiliidae) from the Congo River basin, the sister-group to all other genera of the Doumeinae, with the description of two new species. Copeia, 2011: 477–489.
  3. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Congoglanis alula". FishBase. December 2012 version.
  4. ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family AMPHILIIDAE Regan 1911 (Loach Catfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 15 December 2025.