Acanthocleithron chapini

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

Acanthocleithron chapini is the only species of catfish (order Siluriformes) in the genus Acanthocleithron of the family Mochokidae.^[1] This species originates from the Ituri River and Congo River from Kisangani to Stanley Pool.^[1] This oviparous fish reaches about 5.5 centimetres (2.2 in) SL.^[2]

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa 1418: 1–628. 
2. ^ "Acanthocleithron chapini". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. Aug 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.