Mochokinae

Synodontis-Hybrid of W-African origin

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Siluriformes

Familia: Mochokidae
Subfamilia: Mochokinae
Genera: Acanthocleithron – Microsynodontis – Mochokiella – Mochokus – Synodontis

Name

• Mochokinae Jordan, 1923: 150
  • Type genus: Mochokus de Joannis, 1835
  • Etymology: Mochok is a name used for this kind of fishes by native people in some of their distribution areas.

References

• de Joannis, L. (1835): Observations sur les poissons du Nil, et description de plusieurs espèces nouvelles. Magasin de Zoologie, 1835 (5 anneé): 53 pp.
• Jordan, D. S. (1923): A classification of fishes including families and genera as far as known. Stanford University Publications, University Series, Biological Sciences, 3 (2): 77–243 + i-x.
• Vigliotta, T.R. 2008. A phylogenetic study of the African catfish family Mochokidae (Osteichthyes, Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a key to genera. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 157: 73–136. DOI: 10.1635/0097-3157(2008)157[73:APSOTA]2.0.CO;2, JSTOR Reference page. 
• Ferraris, C.J., Jr. 2007: Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa, 1418: 1–628. (pdf)