{"id":52288,"date":"2021-04-05T18:48:02","date_gmt":"2021-04-05T16:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.suedamerikafans.de\/loricariidae-in-afrika\/"},"modified":"2021-03-16T16:45:56","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T15:45:56","slug":"loricariidae-aus-afrika","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.suedamerikafans.de\/en\/loricariidae-aus-afrika\/","title":{"rendered":"Plecos from Afrika?"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]Loricariidae<\/em> live only in South America (apart from areas of invasive distribution – such as the southern states of the USA or Southeast Asia).
\nMost of the people know at least roughly how the geological development of the continents expired: Until about 200 million years ago, South America and Africa were part of the great continent of Gondwana. 
\nThe question about Loricariidae or their relatives in Africa is obvious.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”52241″ alignment=”right”][vc_column_text]Pic. 1: The major continents Laurasia<\/a> and Gondwana in the Triassic<\/a>, about 200 million years ago.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”52252″ img_size=”medium” onclick=”img_link_large”][vc_column_text]Pic. 2: Mouth of Chiloglanis<\/em> sp. from the Congo River[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Chiloglanis<\/em> – the African suckling catfishes<\/h2>\n

Chiloglanis<\/em> – also known as rapids catfishes – are very similar with their suction mouth. The sucking mouth is covered with papillae as in the Loricariidae. It is also used to hold on to wood, stones, plants etc.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]W.Peter established the genus Chiloglanis<\/em> in 1868: “Ueber eine von dem Baron Carl von der Decken entdeckte neue Gattung von Welsen, …<\/a>“. The type species is Chiloglanis deckenii<\/em> –named after the collector of the type material<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n

About 60 species are currently described in the genus Chiloglanis<\/em>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”52269″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”right” onclick=”img_link_large”][vc_column_text]Pic. 3: Chiloglanis deckenii<\/em> from the first description[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Chiloglanis<\/em> live in rapids and fast flowing waters around the Nile and in West Africa. They grow up to approx. 10 cm. Chiloglanis<\/em> eat plants and the microorganisms in the plants.<\/p>\n

The genus Chiloglanis<\/em> belongs to the family Mochokidae<\/em>, which is exclusively native to Africa
\nPhylogenetically, the Mochokidae<\/em> are related to the South American families Doradidae<\/em> (Thorn catfishes) and Auchenipteridae<\/em> (False Thorn catfishes). Look Jos\u00e9 L. O. Birindelli “Phylogenetic relationships of the South American Doradoidea (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes)<\/a>“[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]

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Subfamily Doumeinae<\/em> – look partly like Loricariinae<\/em> (Whiptail catfisches)<\/h2>\n

Some of the catfish from subfamily Doumeinae<\/em> are reminiscent of the South American Whiptail catfishes .<\/p>\n

The following genera belong to this subfamily:<\/p>\n