Doumea chappuisi is a species of loach catfish found in the coastal rivers of Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia and Guinea-Bissau. It reaches a length of 11.4 cm.

Doumea chappuisi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Amphiliidae
Genus: Doumea
Species:
D. chappuisi
Binomial name
Doumea chappuisi
Pellegrin, 1933

The fish is named in honor of French-born Swiss zoologist and biospeleologist Pierre-Alfred Chappuis (1891-1960), who collected the type specimen.[2]


References

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  1. ^ Diallo, I. (2020). "Doumea chappuisi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T181819A58327532. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T181819A58327532.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Families AKYSIDAE, AMBLYCIPITIDAE, SISORIDAE and AMPHILIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 5 October 2021.