Atopochilus mandevillei

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Atopochilus mandevillei
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Mochokidae
Genus: Atopochilus
Species:
A. mandevillei
Binomial name
Atopochilus mandevillei
Poll, 1959

Atopochilus mandevillei is a species of upside-down catfish endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo where it occurs in the Kinsuka Rapids.

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Description

This species grows to a length of 14.1 centimetres (5.6 in) TL. [2]

Etymology

The catfish is named in honor of J. Th. Mandeville, a fisheries agent working for the government of Leopoldville, now known as Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, who collected some of the species paratype specimens. [3]

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References

  1. Moelants, T. (2010). "Atopochilus mandevillei". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010. IUCN: e.T182055A7781798. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T182055A7781798.en . Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Atopochilus mandevillei" in FishBase . December 2011 version.
  3. 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.