Gogo (fish)

Short description: Genus of fishes

Gogo

Scientific classification
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]

* Gogo arcuatus H. H. Ng & Sparks, 2005
* Gogo atratus H. H. Ng, Sparks & Loiselle, 2008
* Gogo brevibarbis (Boulenger, 1911)
* Gogo ornatus H. H. Ng & Sparks, 2005

## References

1. ↑ Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types". Zootaxa 1418: 1–628. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1. http://silurus.acnatsci.org/ACSI/library/biblios/2007_Ferraris_Catfish_Checklist.pdf.
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. ↑ 3.0 3.1 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.
4. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Gogo in FishBase. December 2011 version.

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