Acanthocleithron
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| Genus: | Acanthocleithron |
| Species: | A. chapini
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Acanthocleithron chapini is the only species of catfish (order Siluriformes) in the genus Acanthocleithron of the family Mochokidae.[2] This species is endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo where it occurs in the Ituri River and Congo River from Kisangani to Stanley Pool.[2] This oviparous fish reaches a length of 5.5 centimetres (2.2 in) SL.[3]
References
- ^ Template:IUCN2013.2
- ^ a b Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Acanthocleithron chapini". FishBase. December 2011 version.
External links
- Acanthocleithron chapini at DigiMorph: 3D visualizations of the head
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