Atopochilus chabanaudi

Species of fish

Atopochilus chabanaudi
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Mochokidae
Genus: Atopochilus
Species:
A. chabanaudi
Binomial name
Atopochilus chabanaudi
Pellegrin, 1938

Atopochilus chabanaudi is a species of upside-down catfish endemic to the Republic of the Congo where it occurs in Stanley Pool. It is consumed for food and is threatened by urbanisation of Stanley Pool, water pollution and lead toxicity which comes from car oil and boat traffic. This species grows to a length of 6.0 centimetres (2.4 in) SL.[2]

Etymology

The catfish is named in honor of ichthyologist-herpetologist Paul Chabanaud (1876-1959), who was Preparator of Fishes, at the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle in Paris.[3]

References

  1. ^ Moelants, T. (2010). "Atopochilus chabanaudi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010. IUCN: e.T182102A7799332. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T182102A7799332.en. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Atopochilus chabanaudi" 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.
Taxon identifiers
Atopochilus chabanaudi


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