Doumea typica Sauvage, 1879
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 typica is a species of loach catfish found in the Dja River and coastal rivers in Cameroon, the Republic of Congo and Gabon as well as possibly in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It reaches a length of 13.2 cm.
Wikipedia contributors, Doumea typica; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T19:33:39.455314+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Doumea typica Sauvage, 1879
- Name authority
- Sauvage, 1879
- 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 typica Sauvage, 1879
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 chappuisi Pellegrin, 1933 | 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 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.
- Sauvage, H.-E. (1879). Notice sur la faune ichthyologique de l’Ogôoué. Bulletin de La Société Philomathique de Paris (7th Série), v. 3: 90–103. [Also as a separate, pp. 1–14.]. 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:37HL8. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.