Chiloglanis carnosus Roberts & Stewart, 1976
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Chiloglanis carnosus is a species of upside-down catfish endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo where it occurs in rapids of the lower Congo River. This species grows to a length of 6.1 centimetres (2.4 in) TL.
Wikipedia contributors, Chiloglanis carnosus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T19:18:36.392006+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Chiloglanis carnosus Roberts & Stewart, 1976
- Name authority
- Roberts & Stewart, 1976
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Family
- Mochokidae
- Genus
- Chiloglanis
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderSiluriformes
- familyMochokidae Regan, 1912
- subfamilyChiloglanidinae Vigliotta, 2008
- genusChiloglanis Peters, 1868
- speciesChiloglanis carnosus Roberts & Stewart, 1976
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Chiloglanis. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Chiloglanis neumanni Boulenger, 1911 | MochokidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chiloglanis normani Pellegrin, 1933 | MochokidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chiloglanis rukwaensis Seegers, 1996 | MochokidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chiloglanis deckenii Peters, 1868 | MochokidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chiloglanis kolente Schmidt & Bart, 2017 | MochokidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chiloglanis harbinger Roberts, 1989 | MochokidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chiloglanis trilobatus Seegers, 1996 | MochokidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chiloglanis waterloti Daget, 1954 | MochokidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chiloglanis polypogon Roberts, 1989 | MochokidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chiloglanis bifurcus Jubb & Le Roux, 1969 | MochokidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chiloglanis lamottei Daget, 1948 | MochokidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chiloglanis igamba Friel & Vigliotta, 2011 | MochokidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Roberts, T. R., & Stewart, D. J. (1976). An ecological and systematic survey of fishes in the rapids of the lower Zaïre or Congo River. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 147 (6): 239–317, Pls. 1–14. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:5XSNT. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.