Acanthocleithron chapini

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: Acanthocleithron chapini

Name

Acanthocleithron chapini Nichols & Griscom, 1917

• Holotype: AMNH 6548.
• Paratypes: AMNH 6552 (1), 6575 (1), 6681 (2).

Type locality: Avakubi [1], Oriental Province, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Etymology: The specific epithet is a patronym for James Paul Chapin, one of the top ornithologists of the twentieth century, who inter alia was second on command on a six-year lasting expedition to the Congo, where also the type specimen were collected.

References

• Nichols, J. T. & Griscom, L.; 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.
• Acanthocleithron chapini in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.