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Austroglanididae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Siluriformes Superfamily: Bagroidea Family: Austroglanididae Mo, 1991 Genus: Austroglanis Skelton, Risch & de Vos, 1984
Species
A. barnardi A. gilli A. sclateri

Austroglanis is the only genus in the catfish family Austroglanididae. This family was split off from the Bagridae catfish family.¹ All three species of catfishes in the family Austroglanididae are endemic to southern Africa (South Africa and Namibia), and all three are threatened.²

These fish have three pairs of barbels (they lack nasal barbels). They have strong dorsal and pectoral fin spines. The adipose fin is small.¹

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Nelson, Joseph, S. (2006). Fishes of the World. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.. ISBN 0471250317. 
2. ^ Bruton, Michael N. (1996). "Threatened fishes of the world: Austroglanis barnardi (Skelton, 1981) (Austroglanididae)" (PDF). Environmental Biology of Fishes 45: 382. doi:10.1007/BF00002530. http://www.springerlink.com/content/x73g7322414m3382/fulltext.pdf. 

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