Doumea | |
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Doumea typica | |
Scientific classification | |
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]
There are currently 9 recognized species in this genus:
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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.
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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.
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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.