Doumea
Doumea is a genus of loach catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Amphiliidae.
Species of Doumea have a rather large and tapered body, a pointed head, and a thin caudal peduncle. Thin bilateral osseous peaks are sometimes present on the back and the belly, and are the precursors series of osseous plates observed in the other kinds of Doumeinae. By the shape of the body, these fish are adapted to rapids.[1]
Species
There are currently eight recognized species in this genus:[2][3]
- Doumea angolensis Boulenger, 1906
- Doumea chappuisi Pellegrin, 1933
- Doumea gracila P. H. Skelton, 2007
- Doumea reidi Ferraris, P. H. Skelton & Vari, 2010
- Doumea sanaga P. H. Skelton, 2007
- Doumea stilicauda Ferraris, P. H. Skelton & Vari, 2010
- Doumea thysi P. H. Skelton, 1989
- Doumea typica Sauvage, 1879
References
- ^ Skelton, Paul H. (1992). "Amphiliidae (French)" (PDF). Faune des poissons d'eaux douces et saumâtres d'Afrique de l'Ouest. Tome 2. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgique and O.R.S.T.O.M., Paris, France, 902. pp. 450–467. http://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/pleins_textes_6/Fau_trop/36567.pdf.
- ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Doumea in FishBase. December 2011 version.
- ^ Ferraris, C.J. Jr., Vari, R.P. & Skelton, P.H. (2011): A new genus of African loach catfish (Siluriformes: Amphiliidae) from the Congo River basin, the sister-group to all other genera of the Doumeinae, with the description of two new species. Copeia, 2011: 477–489.