Doumea chappuisi
| Doumea chappuisi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Amphiliidae |
| Genus: | Doumea |
| Species: | D. chappuisi
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| Binomial name | |
| Doumea chappuisi Pellegrin, 1933
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Doumea chappuisi is a species of loach catfish found in the coastal rivers of Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia and Guinea-Bissau. It reaches a length of 11.4 cm.
The fish is named in honor of French-born Swiss zoologist and biospeleologist Pierre-Alfred Chappuis (1891-1960), who collected the type specimen.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Diallo, I. (2020). "Doumea chappuisi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T181819A58327532. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T181819A58327532.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Families AKYSIDAE, AMBLYCIPITIDAE, SISORIDAE and AMPHILIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Doumea chappuisi". FishBase. December 2011 version.
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