Atopochilus christyi
{{Short description|Species of fish}}
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| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = {{Cite journal | author = Moelants, T. | title = Atopochilus christyi | journal = The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | volume = 2010 | page = e.T182460A7891000 | publisher = IUCN | date = 2010 | url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/182460/0 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T182460A7891000.en | access-date = 13 January 2018| doi-access = free }}
| taxon = Atopochilus christyi
| authority = Boulenger,1920
}}
Atopochilus christyi is a species of upside-down catfish endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It occurs in the Ituri, Itimbri and Kasai Rivers as well as the Kinsuka Rapids and Boyoma Falls. This species grows to a length of {{convert|9.5|cm|in}} SL.{{FishBase species |genus= Atopochilus|species= christyi| month = December| year = 2011}}
Etymology
The catfish is named in honor of Cuthbert Christy (1863-1932), a physician (specializing in sleeping sickness), a zoologist, an explorer, and the Director of the Congo Museum in Tervuren, Belgium, who collected the type specimen.{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/siluriformes8/ | title = Order SILURIFORMES: Families MALAPTERURIDAE, MOCHOKIDAE, SCHILBEIDAE, AUCHENOGLANIDIDAE, CLAROTEIDAE and LACANTUNIIDAE | access-date= 1 March 2022 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 22 September 2018}}
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Category:Freshwater fish of Africa
Category:Fish of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Category:Endemic fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Category:Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger
Category:Fish described in 1920
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