Doumea chappuisi
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| Doumea chappuisi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Amphiliidae |
| Genus: | Doumea |
| Species: | D. chappuisi |
| Binomial name | |
| Doumea chappuisi Pellegrin, 1933 | |
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.
The fish is named in honor of French-born Swiss zoologist and biospeleologist Pierre-Alfred Chappuis (1891-1960), who collected the type specimen.[2]
