Atopodontus adriaensi is a species of upside-down catfish endemic to Gabon where it occurs in rapids of the Ivindo, Okano, Ngounié and the Nyanga Rivers. This species grows to a length of 10.0 centimetres (3.9 in) SL. This species is the only described member of its genus.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Mochokidae |
| Genus: | Atopodontus Friel & Vigliotta, 2008 |
| Species: | A. adriaensi
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| Atopodontus adriaensi | |
Etymology edit
The catfish is named in honor of biologist Dominique Adriaens (b. 1970), of the University of Ghent, who brought the existence of this species to the authors’ attention.[4]
References edit
- ^ Moelants, T. (2010). "Atopodontus adriaensi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010. IUCN: e.T182942A8008222. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T182942A8008222.en.
- ^ Friel, John P.; Vigliotta, Thomas R. (2008). "Atopodontus adriaensi, a new genus and species of African suckermouth catfish from the Ogooué and Nyanga River systems of Gabon (Siluriformes: Mochokidae)". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 157 (1): 13–23. doi:10.1635/0097-3157(2008)157[13:AAANGA]2.0.CO;2.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Atopodontus adriaensi" in 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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