Gogo (fish)

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Gogo
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Anchariidae
Genus: Gogo
H. H. Ng & Sparks, 2005
Type species
Gogo ornatus
H. H. Ng & Sparks, 2005

Gogo is a small genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Anchariidae. It includes four species. [1] [2]

Gogo species are all endemic to freshwater rivers in eastern Madagascar; they are primarily found in highland habitats with clear, swift water. [3] These fish range in size from about 17.1–25.0 centimetres (6.7–9.8 inches) in length. [3]

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus: [4]

References

  1. ↑ Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa . 1418: 1–628. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1.
  2. ↑ Ng, Heok Hee; Sparks, John S. (2005). "Revision of the endemic Malagasy catfish family Anchariidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes), with descriptions of a new genus and three new species". Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters. 16 (4): 303–323.
  3. 1 2 Ng, Heok Hee; Sparks, John S.; Loiselle, Paul V. (2008). "A New Species of Catfish of the Genus Gogo from Northeastern Madagascar (Siluriformes: Anchariidae)". Copeia. 2008 (2): 395–400. doi:10.1643/CI-07-121. S2CID   85698386.
  4. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Gogo". FishBase . December 2011 version.


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