Atopochilus

Life-forms

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: Chiloglanidinae
Genus: Atopochilus
Species: A. chabanaudi – A. christyi – A. macrocephalus – A. mandevillei – A. pachychilus – A. savorgnani – A. vogti
Name

Atopochilus Sauvage, 1879:97

Type species: Atopochilus savorgnani Sauvage, 1879. Type by monotypy.

References

Sauvage, H.E. 1879: Notice sur la faune ichthyologique de l'Ogôoué. Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série) 3: 90–103.
Vigliotta, T.R. 2008. A phylogenetic study of the African catfish family Mochokidae (Osteichthyes, Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a key to genera. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 157: 73–136. DOI: 10.1635/0097-3157(2008)157[73:APSOTA]2.0.CO;2, JSTOR Reference page.

Atopochilus is a genus of upside-down catfishes native to Africa.
Species

There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:[1]

Atopochilus chabanaudi Pellegrin, 1938
Atopochilus christyi Boulenger, 1920
Atopochilus macrocephalus Boulenger, 1906
Atopochilus mandevillei Poll, 1959
Atopochilus pachychilus Pellegrin, 1924
Atopochilus savorgnani Sauvage, 1879
Atopochilus vogti Pellegrin, 1922

Description

Atopochilus species have their lips and barbels modified into a suckermouth.[2] Atopochilus species range in size from 6.0–14.1 centimetres (2.4–5.6 inches) in length.[1]
References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Atopochilus in FishBase. December 2011 version.
Nelson, Joseph S. (2006). Fishes of the World. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN 0-471-25031-7.