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Doumea thysi

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Doumea thysi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Amphiliidae
Genus: Doumea
Species:
D. thysi
Binomial name
Doumea thysi

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.[2]

the fish is named in honor of ichthyologist Dirk Thys van den Audenaerde (b. 1934) who is the Director at the Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale (Tervuren, Belgium), where the type specimen is housed.[3]


References

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  1. ^ Olaosebikan, B.D.; Lalèyè, P. (2020). "Doumea thysi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T182071A134747018. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T182071A134747018.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Doumea thysi". Fish Base.
  3. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Families AKYSIDAE, AMBLYCIPITIDAE, SISORIDAE and AMPHILIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 5 October 2021.