Amphilius is a genus of catfishes of the family Amphiliidae.
Amphilius catfish have fairly lengthened bodies, with short, depressed, and broad heads. They have three pairs of fringed barbels. The eyes, small and located dorsally, are very distant from each other, and are without a free edge. The caudal fin is forked or emarginated. Unlike species of Paramphilius, the snout is greater than half of the snout length, the adipose fin is not confluent with the caudal fin in adult specimens, and the anal fin has seven or fewer branched rays.
Species There are currently 33 recognized species in this genus: Amphilius atesuensis Boulenger, 1904 Amphilius athiensis A. W. Thomson & Page, 2010 Amphilius brevis Boulenger, 1902 Amphilius caudosignatus P. H. Skelton, 2007 Amphilius chalei Seegers, 2008 Amphilius crassus A. W. Thomson & Hilber, 2015 Amphilius cryptobullatus P. H. Skelton, 1986 Amphilius dimonikensis P. H. Skelton, 2007 Amphilius frieli A. W. Thomson & Page, 2015 Amphilius grandis Boulenger, 1905 Amphilius jacksonii Boulenger, 1912 (Marbled mountain catfish) Amphilius kakrimensis Teugels, P. H. Skelton & Lévêque, 1987 Amphilius kivuensis Pellegrin, 1933 Amphilius korupi P. H. Skelton, 2007 Amphilius krefftii Boulenger, 1911 Amphilius lamani Lönnberg & Rendahl (de), 1920 Amphilius lampei Pietschmann, 1913 Amphilius laticaudatus P. H. Skelton, 1984 (Broadtail mountain catfish) Amphilius lentiginosus Trewavas, 1936 Amphilius longirostris (Boulenger, 1901) Amphilius lujani A. W. Thomson & Page, 2015 Amphilius maesii Boulenger, 1919 Amphilius mamonekenensis P. H. Skelton, 2007 Amphilius natalensis Boulenger, 1917 (Natal mountain catfish) Amphilius nigricaudatus Pellegrin, 1909 Amphilius opisthophthalmus Boulenger, 1919 Amphilius pedunculus A. W. Thomson & Page, 2015 Amphilius platychir (Günther, 1864) (Mountain barbel) Amphilius pulcher Pellegrin, 1929 Amphilius rheophilus Daget, 1959 Amphilius ruziziensis A. W. Thomson & Page, 2015 Amphilius uranoscopus (Pfeffer, 1889) (Stargazer mountain catfish) Amphilius zairensis P. H. Skelton, 1986
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