Animalia > Chordata > Siluriformes > Mochokidae

Mochokidae (naked catfishes, squeakers, and upside-down catfishes)

Synonyms: Mochocidae

Wikipedia Abstract

The Mochokidae are a family of catfishes (order Siluriformes) that are known as the squeakers and upside-down catfish. There are nine genera and about 200 species of mochokids. All the mochokids are freshwater species originating from Africa.
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Genus

Acanthocleithron (Upsidedown catfish) (1)
Atopochilus (Upsidedown catfish) (7)
Atopodontus (1)
Chiloglanis (Upsidedown catfish) (62)   (15)
Euchilichthys (Upsidedown catfish) (6)
Microsynodontis (Upsidedown catfish) (12)
Mochokiella (Upsidedown catfish) (1)
Mochokus (Upsidedown catfish) (2)
Synodontis (back-swimming congo catfishes) (134)   (7)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0