''Atopochilus mandevillei'' 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
Kinsuka Rapids. This species grows to a length of
TL.
Etymology
The catfish is named in honor of
J. Th. Mandeville, a fisheries agent working for the government of Leopoldville, now known as
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, who collected some of the species paratype specimens.
References
mandevillei
Freshwater fish of Africa
Fish of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Endemic fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Taxa named by Max Poll
Fish described in 1959
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