Atopochilus vogti

Atopochilus vogti
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Mochokidae
Genus:	Atopochilus
Species:	A. vogti
Binomial name
Atopochilus vogti Pellegrin, 1922

Atopochilus vogti is a species of upside-down catfish endemic to Tanzania where it occurs in the Wami River. This species grows to a length of 12.6 centimetres (5.0 in) TL.^[2]

Etymology

The catfish is named in honor of monsignor Franz Xaver Vogt (1870-1943), who was a German Catholic Missionary in Bagamoyo, German East Africa , which is now Tanzania, who sent the type specimen to the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle in Paris.^[3]

References

1. Hanssens, M.; Snoeks, J. (2006). "Atopochilus vogti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T61236A12452368. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T61236A12452368.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Atopochilus vogti". FishBase. December 2011 version.
3. 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.