Acanthocleithron

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Siluriformes

Familia: Mochokidae
Subfamilia: Mochokinae
Genus: Acanthocleithron
Species: A. chapini

Name

• Acanthocleithron Nichols & Griscom, 1917: 720
  • Gender: neuter
  • Type species: Acanthocleithron chapini Nichols & Griscom, 1917
    • Type by monotypy

Etymology: The generic name is a combination from the Latin acanthus (= thorny), and cleithrum, the large bone that extends from the base of the pectoral fin and forms the posterior edge of the gill chamber. It's named so because of the spinous projection above the base of the pectoral spine.

References

• Nichols, J.T. and L. Griscom 1917: Fresh-water fishes of the Congo basin obtained by the American Museum Congo expedition, 1909-1915. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 37 (25): 653–756, Pls. 64-83. PDF
• Vigliotta, T.R. 2008. A phylogenetic study of the African catfish family Mochokidae (Osteichthyes, Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a key to genera. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 157: 73–136. DOI: 10.1635/0097-3157(2008)157[73:APSOTA]2.0.CO;2, JSTOR Reference page.