Amphilius

Amphilius is a genus of catfishes of the family Amphiliidae.
Amphilius catfish have fairly lengthened bodies, with short, depressed, and broad heads. They have three pairs of fringed barbels. The eyes, small and located dorsally, are very distant from each other, and are without a free edge. The caudal fin is forked or emarginated. Unlike species of Paramphilius, the snout is greater than half of the snout length, the adipose fin is not confluent with the caudal fin in adult specimens, and the anal fin has seven or fewer branched rays.

Species

There are currently 33 recognized species in this genus:Amphilius atesuensis Boulenger, 1904Amphilius athiensis A. W. Thomson & Page, 2010Amphilius brevis Boulenger, 1902Amphilius caudosignatus P. H. Skelton, 2007Amphilius chalei Seegers, 2008Amphilius crassus A. W. Thomson & Hilber, 2015 Amphilius cryptobullatus P. H. Skelton, 1986Amphilius dimonikensis P. H. Skelton, 2007Amphilius frieli A. W. Thomson & Page, 2015 Amphilius grandis Boulenger, 1905Amphilius jacksonii Boulenger, 1912 Amphilius kakrimensis Teugels, P. H. Skelton & Lévêque, 1987Amphilius kivuensis Pellegrin, 1933Amphilius korupi P. H. Skelton, 2007Amphilius krefftii Boulenger, 1911Amphilius lamani Lönnberg & Rendahl, 1920Amphilius lampei Pietschmann, 1913Amphilius laticaudatus P. H. Skelton, 1984 Amphilius lentiginosus Trewavas, 1936Amphilius longirostris Amphilius lujani A. W. Thomson & Page, 2015 Amphilius maesii Boulenger, 1919Amphilius mamonekenensis P. H. Skelton, 2007Amphilius natalensis Boulenger, 1917 Amphilius nigricaudatus Pellegrin, 1909 Amphilius opisthophthalmus Boulenger, 1919Amphilius pedunculus A. W. Thomson & Page, 2015 Amphilius platychir Amphilius pulcher Pellegrin, 1929Amphilius rheophilus Daget, 1959Amphilius ruziziensis A. W. Thomson & Page, 2015 Amphilius uranoscopus Amphilius zairensis P. H. Skelton, 1986