''Atopochilus chabanaudi'' is a species of
upside-down catfish 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
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 the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo), is a country located on the western coast of Central ...
where it occurs in
Stanley Pool. It is consumed for food and is threatened by urbanisation of Stanley Pool, water pollution and lead toxicity which comes from car oil and boat traffic. This species grows to a length of
SL.
Etymology
The catfish is named in honor of ichthyologist-herpetologist
Paul Chabanaud (1876-1959), who was Preparator of Fishes, at the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle in Paris.
References
Endemic fauna of the Republic of the Congo
chabanaudi
Freshwater fish of Africa
Fauna of the Republic of the Congo
Taxa named by Jacques Pellegrin
Fish described in 1938
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