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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Mochokidae |
| Genus: | Acanthocleithron Nichols & Griscom, 1917 |
| Species: | A. chapini
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| Acanthocleithron chapini | |
References
edit- ^ Moelants, T. (2010). "Acanthocleithron chapini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T181877A7755028. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T181877A7755028.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ 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
edit- Acanthocleithron chapini at DigiMorph: 3D visualizations of the head
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