Acanthocleithron chapini

Acanthocleithron chapini is the only species of catfish (order Siluriformes) in the genus Acanthocleithron of the family Mochokidae.[2] This species is endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo where it occurs in the Ituri River and Congo River from Kisangani to Stanley Pool.[2] This oviparous fish reaches a length of 5.5 centimetres (2.2 in) SL.[3]

Acanthocleithron chapini
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Mochokidae
Genus: Acanthocleithron
Nichols & Griscom, 1917
Species:
A. chapini
Binomial name
Acanthocleithron chapini

References
  1. Moelants, T. (2010). "Acanthocleithron chapini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T181877A7755028. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T181877A7755028.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628.
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Acanthocleithron chapini" in FishBase. December 2011 version.
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