| Atopodontus | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1) | |
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 |
| Binomial name | |
| Atopodontus adriaensi Friel & Vigliotta, 2008 | |
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.
Etymology
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.
References
- 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.). "Atopodontus adriaensi". 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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| Atopodontus adriaensi | |
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