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Mochokidae
Phongolo suckermouth
Chiloglanis emarginatus
Mouth evolved into adhesive disc
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Africa
- Elongated
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Elongated
SmallPhongolo suckermouth is known from Africa as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Catfishes
- Family
- Mochokidae
- Genus
- Chiloglanis
- Maximum length
- 6.5 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Africa: two areas: tributaries of the Phongolo and Komato-Incomati rivers in South Africa and Swaziland (Ref. 7248 , 52193 ), and the Pungwe and middle and lower Zambezi in Zimbabwe (Ref. 7248 , 52193 ).
- Conservation status
- VUVulnerable
Class
Family
Conservation status
