Acanthocleithron chapini

Taxobox
name = "Acanthocleithron chapini"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Siluriformes
familia = Mochokidae
genus = "Acanthocleithron"
genus_authority = Nichols & Griscom, 1917
species = "A. chapini"
binomial = "Acanthocleithron chapini"
binomial_authority = Nichols & Griscom, 1917

"Acanthocleithron chapini" is the only species of catfish (order Siluriformes) in the genus "Acanthocleithron" of the family Mochokidae.cite journal|url=http://silurus.acnatsci.org/ACSI/library/biblios/2007_Ferraris_Catfish_Checklist.pdf|title=Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types|first=Carl J., Jr.|last=Ferraris|journal=Zootaxa|volume=1418|pages=1–628|year=2007|format=PDF] This species originates from the Ituri River and Congo River from Kisangani to Stanley Pool. This oviparous fish reaches about 5.5 centimetres (2.2 in) SL.FishBase species|genus=Acanthocleithron|species=chapini|year=2007|month=Aug]

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