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Habitat: river that flows into Lake Rukwa, Tanzania

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Scientific Name	**Chiloglanis trilobatus** Seegers, 1996
Common Name
Type Locality	Piti River, an affluent of the Rungwa River, eastern Lake Rukwa drainage, Mbeya Region, western Tanzania, 7°27'S, 33°25'E.
Pronunciation	Kee low glan iss
Etymology	Chiloglanis: From the Greek cheilos, meaning lip, and glanis, meaning catfish; in reference to the oral morphology.
Species Information
Size	52mm or 2" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	The second largest catfish genus in Africa after Synodontis. They are characterized by jaws and lips modified into a sucker or oral disc used for adhering to and feeding upon objects in fast-flowing waters. Generally reasonably small at 100 mm SL or less. species with forked caudal fins can show sexual dimorphism and is usually species-specific. Other characteristics in this hard-to-ID genus are the size of the adipose fin, the position of the adipose fin relative to pelvic and ventral fins, size of barbles, eyes and dorsal fin. Only a handful of species are identified on colouration. They can be distinguished from other African suckermouth catfish (of the genera Euchilichthys and Atopochilus) by their circular suckermouth disc. This is more elliptical in the other two genera.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Africa: Tanzania. Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2006.
Husbandry Information
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Annales, Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Série in 8o, Sciences Zoologiques v. 278, pp 230, Figs. 165-167.
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Last Update	2017 Mar 29 23:05 (species record created: 2015 Aug 12 15:03)