Encyclopedia of Life · EOL (see source)
Parailia
Sign in to saveParailia is a genus of schilbid catfishes native to Africa. They grow up to 12 cm long.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSiluriformes
- FamilySchilbeidae
Parailia is een geslacht van straalvinnige vissen uit de familie van de glasmeervallen (Schilbeidae).
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 32
- With media
- 13
- Family
- Schilbeidae
- Collections
- USNM, CAS, MNHN, NRM
- Recorded in
- Angola, Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The, Rep Democratique Du Congo, Mali, Tchad, Guinee, Cote D'Ivoire, Congo Kinshasa
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Schilbeidae
- Image
- Parailia occidentalis.jpg
Show 4 more facts
- taxon name
- Parailia
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Parailia
- Commons category
- Parailia
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~1 min read
Encyclopedic overview
2 sectionsContents
- Species
- References
Parailia is a genus of schilbid catfishes native to Africa. They grow up to 12 cm long.
==Species== There are currently five recognized species in this genus: Parailia congica Boulenger, 1899 Parailia occidentalis (Pellegrin, 1901) Parailia pellucida (Boulenger, 1901) (Glass schilbid) Parailia somalensis (Vinciguerra, 1897) (Somalia glass catfish) Parailia spiniserrata Svensson, 1933
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Parailia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (2)
Available in 11 languages
via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0