| Atopochilus chabanaudi | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Mochokidae |
| Genus: | Atopochilus |
| Species: | A. chabanaudi |
| Binomial name | |
| Atopochilus chabanaudi Pellegrin, 1938 | |
Atopochilus chabanaudi is a species of upside-down catfish endemic to the Republic of the Congo where it occurs in Stanley Pool. It is consumed for food and is threatened by urbanisation of Stanley Pool, water pollution and lead toxicity which comes from car oil and boat traffic. This species grows to a length of 6.0 centimetres (2.4 in) SL.
Etymology
The catfish is named in honor of ichthyologist-herpetologist Paul Chabanaud (1876-1959), who was Preparator of Fishes, at the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle in Paris.
References
- Moelants, T. (2010). "Atopochilus chabanaudi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010. IUCN: e.T182102A7799332. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T182102A7799332.en. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Atopochilus chabanaudi". 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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| Atopochilus chabanaudi | |
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