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Mochokiella paynei

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Mochokiella paynei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Siluriformes
Family:
Mochokidae
Genus:
Mochokiella

Howes, 1980
Species:
M. paynei
Binomial name
Mochokiella paynei
Howes, 1980

Mochokiella paynei is the only species of catfish (order Siluriformes) in the genus Mochokiella of the family Mochokidae.[2] This species is only known from the type locality, the Kassawe Forest Reserve in Sierra Leone.[2] This oviparous fish grows to 3.6 centimetres (1.4 in) SL.[3]

References

  1. ^ Template:IUCN
  2. ^ a b Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Mochokiella paynei". FishBase. December 2011 version.


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