Atopochilus mandevillei
| Atopochilus mandevillei | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Mochokidae |
| Genus: | Atopochilus |
| Species: | A. mandevillei
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| Binomial name | |
| Atopochilus mandevillei Poll, 1959
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Atopochilus mandevillei is a species of upside-down catfish endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo where it occurs in the Kinsuka Rapids. This species grows to a length of 14.1 centimetres (5.6 in) TL.[2]
Etymology
The catfish is named in honor of
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, who collected some of the species paratype specimens.[3]
References
- . Retrieved 13 January 2018.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Atopochilus mandevillei" in FishBase. December 2011 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Families MALAPTERURIDAE, MOCHOKIDAE, SCHILBEIDAE, AUCHENOGLANIDIDAE, CLAROTEIDAE and LACANTUNIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
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