Acanthocleithron chapini

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Taxonavigation[edit]

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[edit]

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.

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