Atopochilus savorgnani
Atopochilus savorgnani is a species of upside-down catfish native to Cameroon where it is found in the Ntem River, Equatorial Guinea where it occurs in Río Muni and Gabon where it is found in the upper Ogowe River.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Mochokidae |
| Genus: | Atopochilus |
| Species: | A. savorgnani |
| Binomial name | |
| Atopochilus savorgnani Sauvage, 1879 | |
This species grows to a length of 9 centimetres (3.5 in) SL.[2]
Etymology
The catfish is named in honor of Italian explorer Pietro Paolo Savorgnan di Brazzà (1852-1905), who explored the Ogooué River of Gabon (type locality); under French colonial rule, the capital of the Republic of the Congo was named Brazzaville after him and retained by post-colonial rulers. [3]
References
- Moelants, T. (2010). "Atopochilus savorgnani". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2010: e.T182219A7834018. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T182219A7834018.en. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Atopochilus savorgnani" in FishBase. December 2011 version.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Families MALAPTERURIDAE, MOCHOKIDAE, SCHILBEIDAE, AUCHENOGLANIDIDAE, CLAROTEIDAE and LACANTUNIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
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