Dorsal, lateral, and ventral views of Chiloglanis kinsuka, new species, holotype, AMNH 283315, 69.7 mm SL, female, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kinshasa, Kinsuka Rapids. Photo by T.R. Vigliotta. Scale bar equals 0.5 cm. Inset photo, lower right: coloration in life, AMNH 268960.

Dorsal, lateral, and ventral views of Chiloglanis wagenia, new species, holotype, CUMV 95972, 45.4 mm SL, male, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Orientale, Lualaba River at main portion of Wagenia Falls. Photo by T.R. Vigliotta. Scale bar equals 0.5 cm.

Two new species of African suckermouth catfishes just dropped! Say hello to #Chiloglanis kinsuka from the lower #Congo River at the Kinsuka rapids below Pool Malebo, and #Chiloglanis wagenia, from the Wagenia Falls at Kisangani, more than 1600 km upstream.🐟🧪

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A manuscript describing this new #Chiloglanis and another closely related new species should be going out for review shortly.😀

mouth of an undescribed #blind #rheophile #Chiloglanis sp. from the #rapids of the #Congo.

#NewSpeciesAlert 𝐶ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑠𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑖, a new species of African suckermouth #catfish (Teleostei: #Mochokidae), from the Upper #Congo basin. #chiloglanis #catfishes
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