:Dinotopterus

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}

{{Speciesbox

| status = NT

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Ntakimazi, G. |date=2006 |title=Dinotopterus cunningtoni |volume=2006 |page=e.T60779A12396663 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60779A12396663.en |access-date=15 November 2021}}

| genus = Dinotopterus

| parent_authority = Boulenger, 1906

| species = cunningtoni

| authority = Boulenger, 1906

| synonyms =

}}

Dinotopterus cunningtoni is a species of catfish in the family Clariidae. It is endemic to Lake Tanganyika in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia. It is of importance in local commercial fisheries. It can reach up to {{convert|1.75|m|ft|abbr=on}} in standard length.{{FishBase |genus= Dinotopterus|species= cunningtoni| month = December| year = 2011}}

The genus Dinotopterus is currently considered monotypic, but formerly included several Lake Malawi species that now are placed in Bathyclarias.Anseaume, L.; and G.G. Teugels (1999). On the rehabilitation of the clariid catfish genus Bathyclarias endemic to the East African Rift Lake Malawi. Fish Biology 55(2): 405–419. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1999.tb00687.x