This website uses cookies to enhance your browsing experience and ensure the functionality of our site. For more detailed information about the types of cookies we use and how we protect your privacy, please visit our Privacy Information page.
This website uses different types of cookies to enhance your experience. Please select your preferences below:
These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. For example, we use Google Analytics to generate web statistics, which helps us improve our website's performance and user experience. These cookies may track information such as the pages visited, time spent on the site, and any errors encountered.
Chiloglanis kalambo Seegers, 1996 Kalambo suckermouth |
![]() |
photo by
RMCA / Mark Hanssens |
Family: | Mochokidae (Squeakers or upside-down catfishes), subfamily: Chiloglanidinae | |||
Max. size: | 4.4 cm TL (male/unsexed) | |||
Environment: | benthopelagic; freshwater | |||
Distribution: | Africa: endemic to the Kalambo River basin, Tanzania (Ref. 27292, 78218, 87986). | |||
Diagnosis: | ||||
Biology: | Oviparous (Ref. 205). Caught in water with rocks and boulders, little waterfalls and rapids, not in more quiet streams; nothing is known in detail on its diet, but it seems to be omnivorous; nothing is known on the breeding habits (Ref. 27292). | |||
IUCN Red List Status: | Vulnerable (VU); Date assessed: 31 January 2006 (D2) Ref. (130435) | |||
Threat to humans: | harmless |