Microsynodontis lamberti
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| status = DD
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| taxon = Microsynodontis lamberti
| authority = Poll & Gosse, 1963
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Microsynodontis lamberti is a species of upside-down catfish endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo where it is found in the Lilanda River. This species grows to a length of {{convert|3.5|cm|in}} SL.
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Belgian ichthyologist and botanist Jacques G. Lambert (1923–2013).{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/mochokidae/ | title = Family MOCHOKIDAE Regan 1912 (Squeakers or Upside-down Catfishes) | access-date= 11 August 2024 | 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}}
References
- {{Cite journal | author = Moelants, T. | title = Microsynodontis lamberti | journal = The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | volume = 2010 | page = e.T181676A7702480 | publisher = IUCN | date = 2010 | url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/181676/0 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T181676A7702480.en | access-date = 15 January 2018| doi-access = free }}
- {{FishBase species |genus= Microsynodontis|species= lamberti| month = December| year = 2011}}
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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 Max Poll
Category:Taxa named by Jean-Pierre Gosse
Category:Fish described in 1963
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