Doumea chappuisi Pellegrin, 1933
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
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.
Wikipedia contributors, Doumea chappuisi; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T19:33:31.614100+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Doumea chappuisi Pellegrin, 1933
- Name authority
- Pellegrin, 1933
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Family
- Amphiliidae
- Genus
- Doumea
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderSiluriformes
- familyAmphiliidae Regan, 1911
- subfamilyDoumeinae Regan, 1911
- genusDoumea Sauvage, 1879
- speciesDoumea chappuisi Pellegrin, 1933
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Doumea. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Doumea angolensis Boulenger, 1906 | AmphiliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Doumea gracila Skelton, 2007 | AmphiliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Doumea reidi Ferraris, Skelton & Vari, 2010 | AmphiliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Doumea skeltoni Ferraris & Vari, 2014 | AmphiliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Doumea thysi Skelton, 1989 | AmphiliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Doumea typica Sauvage, 1879 | AmphiliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Doumea sanaga Skelton, 2007 | AmphiliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Doumea stilicauda Ferraris, Skelton & Vari, 2010 | AmphiliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Pellegrin, J. (1933). Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et P. A. Chappuis en Afrique occidentale Française (Dec. 1930--Mars 1931). IV. Poissons. Archiv Für Hydrobiologie, v. 26: 101–120. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:37HKX. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.