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Atopochilus vogti

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Atopochilus vogti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Mochokidae
Genus: Atopochilus
Species:
A. vogti
Binomial name
Atopochilus vogti
Pellegrin, 1922

Atopochilus vogti is a species of upside-down catfish endemic to Tanzania where it occurs in the Wami River. This species grows to a length of 12.6 centimetres (5.0 in) TL.[2]

Etymology

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The catfish is named in honor of monsignor Franz Xaver Vogt (1870-1943), who was a German Catholic Missionary in Bagamoyo, German East Africa , which is now Tanzania, who sent the type specimen to the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle in Paris.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Hanssens, M.; Snoeks, J. (2006). "Atopochilus vogti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T61236A12452368. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T61236A12452368.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Atopochilus vogti". FishBase. December 2011 version.
  3. ^ 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.