''Atopochilus'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
upside-down catfishes native to
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...
.
Species
There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Atopochilus chabanaudi
''Atopochilus chabanaudi'' is a species of upside-down catfish endemic to the Republic of the Congo
The Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply the Congo (the last ambiguously also referring to ...
''
Pellegrin, 1938
* ''
Atopochilus christyi''
Boulenger, 1920
* ''
Atopochilus macrocephalus''
Boulenger, 1906
* ''
Atopochilus mandevillei''
Poll
Poll, polled, or polling may refer to:
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** Polling pla ...
, 1959
* ''
Atopochilus pachychilus''
Pellegrin, 1924
* ''
Atopochilus savorgnani''
Sauvage, 1879
* ''
Atopochilus vogti''
Pellegrin, 1922
Description
''Atopochilus'' species have their lips and barbels modified into a
suckermouth In fish, a suckermouth is a ventrally-oriented (inferior) mouth adapted for grazing on algae and small organisms that grow on submerged objects.
All Loricariidae possess a suckermouth as do the cypriniform algae eaters of the genus '' Gyrinocheilu ...
.
''Atopochilus'' species range in size from in length.
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References
Mochokidae
Fish of Africa
Catfish genera
Taxa named by Henri Émile Sauvage
Freshwater fish genera
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