''Microsynodontis polli'' is a species of
upside-down catfish native to
Guinea from the
Gbin River and
Liberia
Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean to its south and southwest. It ...
from
Saint John. This species grows to a length of
TL.
Etymology
The catfish is named in honor of ichthyologist
Max Poll
Max Fernand Leon Poll (21 July 1908 in Ruisbroek – 13 March 1991 in Uccle) was a Belgian ichthyologist who specialised in the Cichlidae. In the years 1946 and 1947 he organised an expedition to Lake Tanganyika.
He has described several speci ...
, the Curator, of the
Musée de Congo Belge in Tervuren.
References
External links
Photograph of ''Microsynodontis polli''in FishBase
Mochokidae
Freshwater fish of West Africa
Taxa named by Jacques G. Lambert
Fish described in 1958
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