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 <small>Boulenger, 1904</small>
- Amphilius athiensis <small>A. W. Thomson & Page, 2010</small>
- Amphilius brevis <small>Boulenger, 1902</small>
- Amphilius caudosignatus <small>P. H. Skelton, 2007</small>
- Amphilius chalei <small>Seegers, 2008</small>
- Amphilius crassus <small>A. W. Thomson & Hilber, 2015</small>
- Amphilius cryptobullatus <small>P. H. Skelton, 1986</small>
- Amphilius dimonikensis <small>P. H. Skelton, 2007</small>
- Amphilius frieli <small>A. W. Thomson & Page, 2015</small>
- Amphilius grandis <small>Boulenger, 1905</small>
- Amphilius jacksonii <small>Boulenger, 1912</small> (Marbled mountain catfish)
- Amphilius kakrimensis <small>Teugels, P. H. Skelton & Lévêque, 1987</small>
- Amphilius kivuensis <small>Pellegrin, 1933</small>
- Amphilius korupi <small>P. H. Skelton, 2007</small>
- Amphilius krefftii <small>Boulenger, 1911</small>
- Amphilius lamani <small>Lönnberg & Rendahl (), 1920</small>
- Amphilius lampei <small>Pietschmann, 1913</small>
- Amphilius laticaudatus <small>P. H. Skelton, 1984</small> (Broadtail mountain catfish)
- Amphilius lentiginosus <small>Trewavas, 1936</small>
- Amphilius longirostris <small>(Boulenger, 1901)</small>
- Amphilius lujani <small>A. W. Thomson & Page, 2015</small>
- Amphilius maesii <small>Boulenger, 1919</small>
- Amphilius mamonekenensis <small>P. H. Skelton, 2007</small>
- Amphilius natalensis <small>Boulenger, 1917</small> (Natal mountain catfish)
- Amphilius nigricaudatus <small>Pellegrin, 1909</small>
- Amphilius opisthophthalmus <small>Boulenger, 1919</small>
- Amphilius pedunculus <small>A. W. Thomson & Page, 2015</small>
- Amphilius platychir <small>(Günther, 1864)</small> (Mountain barbel)
- Amphilius pulcher <small>Pellegrin, 1929</small>
- Amphilius rheophilus <small>Daget, 1959</small>
- Amphilius ruziziensis <small>A. W. Thomson & Page, 2015</small>
- Amphilius uranoscopus <small>(Pfeffer, 1889)</small> (Stargazer mountain catfish)
- Amphilius zairensis <small>P. H. Skelton, 1986</small>
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