Mochokiella paynei

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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]

Mochokiella paynei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Mochokidae
Genus: Mochokiella
Howes, 1980
Species:
M. paynei
Binomial name
Mochokiella paynei
Howes, 1980

References

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  1. ^ Dankwa, H.; Bousso, T.; Lalèyè, P. (2020). "Mochokiella paynei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T181823A134958064. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T181823A134958064.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  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.