Austroglanis


Austroglanis is the only genus in the catfish family Austroglanididae. This family was split off from the Bagridae catfish family. All three species of catfishes in the family Austroglanididae are endemic to southern Africa, and two species are threatened.
These fish have three pairs of barbels. They have strong dorsal and pectoral fin spines. The adipose fin is small.

Species

There are currently three described species in this genus: