Doumea

Last updated

Doumea
Cameroon2011 7 (1) (6857661498).jpg
Doumea typica
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Amphiliidae
Subfamily: Doumeinae
Genus: Doumea
Sauvage, 1879
Type species
Doumea typica
Sauvage, 1879

Doumea is a genus of loach catfishes native to Africa.

Species of Doumea have a rather large and tapered body, a pointed head, and a thin caudal peduncle. Thin bilateral osseous peaks are sometimes present on the back and the belly, and are the precursors series of osseous plates observed in the other kinds of Doumeinae. By the shape of the body, these fish are adapted to rapids. [1]

Species

There are currently 9 recognized species in this genus:

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cetopsidae</span> Family of fishes

The Cetopsidae are a small family of catfishes, commonly called the whale catfishes.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Loach catfish</span> Family of fishes

The loach catfishes are a family, Amphiliidae, of catfishes. They are widespread in tropical Africa, but are most common in streams at high elevations; most species are able to cling to rocks in fast-flowing streams. The 13 genera contain 68 species.

<i>Helogenes</i> Genus of fishes

Helogenes is a genus of whale catfish found in tropical South America.

Cetopsidium is a genus of catfishes of the family Cetopsidae.

Denticetopsis is a genus of catfishes of the family Cetopsidae.

<i>Cetopsis</i> Genus of fishes

Cetopsis is a genus of catfishes of the family Cetopsidae.

<i>Amphilius</i> Genus of fishes

Amphilius is a genus of catfishes of the family Amphiliidae.

Paramphilius is a genus of loach catfishes found in Africa.

<i>Phractura</i> Genus of fishes

Phractura is a genus of loach catfishes that occur in Africa.

Zaireichthys is a genus of loach catfishes of the family Amphiliidae.

<i>Auchenipterus</i> Genus of fishes

Auchenipterus is a genus of driftwood catfishes.

Congoglanis alula is a species of loach catfish found in the Congo River Basin in Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo and possibly in Zambia. It reaches lengths up to 14.1 centimetres (5.6 in) SL.

Doumea thysi is a species of loach catfish found in Nigeria where it is found in the Cross River and Cameroon where it is found in that country's section of the Cross River and Ndian Department. It reaches a length of 6.5 cm.

<i>Tatia</i> Genus of fishes

Tatia is a genus of small South American catfishes belonging to Auchenipteridae, the driftwood catfish family.

Congoglanis is a genus of loach catfishes found in the Congo River system of Africa. This genus is considered the sister group of all other species in the subfamily Doumeinae.

<i>Eutropiichthys</i> Genus of fishes

Eutropiichthys is a genus of schilbid catfishes native to Asia.

Doumea gracila is a species of catfish in the genus Doumea. It lives from Nyong to the Ntem rivers in southern Cameroon.

Doumea reidi is a species of catfish in the genus Doumea. It lives in the Mbam River in Nigeria. Its length reaches 9.3 cm.

Doumea skeltoni is a species of catfish in the genus Doumea. It lives in the Loémé and Kouilou-Niari rivers in the Republic of the Congo. Its length reaches 4.5 cm. It is named after South African ichthyologist Paul H. Skelton.

Doumea stilicauda is a species of loach catfish in the genus Doumea. It is only known to live in the So'o River, a tributary of the Nyong River, in Cameroon. Its length reaches 17.5 cm.

References

  1. Skelton, Paul H. (1992). "Amphiliidae (French)" (PDF). Faune des poissons d'eaux douces et saumâtres d'Afrique de l'Ouest. Vol. Tome 2. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgique and O.R.S.T.O.M., Paris, France, 902. pp. 450–467.
  2. Ferraris, Jr., C.J. & Vari, R.P. (2014): New Species of Doumea (Siluriformes: Amphiliidae) from Coastal River Basins of the Republic of the Congo. Copeia, 2013 (4) [2014]: 577-581.