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have a lengthened and cylindrical body with a short and high head and short and round fins. The small eyes are located far forward. The
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also has irregularly distributed brown spots as well as a dark spot at the base of the caudal fin.
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is truncated or round. All of the West African species are uniformly brown with a paler underside;
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in that the males mature have a more inflated head. Unlike species of
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Faune des poissons d'eaux douces et saumâtres d'Afrique de l'Ouest
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There are currently four recognized species in this genus:
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Index

Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Siluriformes
Amphiliidae
Amphiliinae
Paramphilius
Pellegrin
Type species
genus
loach catfishes
barbels
caudal fin
sexual dimorphism
Amphilius
adipose fin
anal fin
Paramphilius baudoni
Pellegrin
Paramphilius firestonei
L. P. Schultz
Paramphilius teugelsi
P. H. Skelton
Paramphilius trichomycteroides
Pellegrin

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