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Mochokiella paynei
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
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

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

References

  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. ^ 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.
Taxon identifiers
Mochokiella paynei


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