''Atopochilus pachychilus'' is a species of

upside-down catfish The name upside-down catfish is most commonly used by aquarists to refer to the mochokid catfish '' Synodontis nigriventris'' alternately known to ichthyologists as the blotched upside-down catfish or false upside-down catfish. However, a number ...

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

to the

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply the Congo (the last ambiguously also referring to the neighbouring Republic of the Congo), is a country in Central Africa. By land area, it is t ...

where it occurs in the Lubilonji River in the vicinity of Kanda Kanda. This species grows to a length of TL.

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pachychilus ''Pachychilus'', common name the jute snails, is a genus of freshwater snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, aquatic animal, aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae. ''Pachychilus'' is the type genus of the family Pachy ...

Freshwater fish of Africa Fish of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Endemic fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Taxa named by Jacques Pellegrin Fish described in 1924 {{mochokidae-stub