Mochokidae

Mochokidae phylogeny from Tree of Life Project

Synodontis-Hybrid of W-African origin

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Osteichthyes Classis: Actinopterygii Subclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Superordo: Ostariophysi Ordo: Siluriformes

Familia: Mochokidae
Subfamiliae: Chiloglanidinae - Mochokinae

Name

• Mochokidae Jordan, 1923: 150
  • Type genus: Mochokus Joannis, 1835

References

• Jordan, D.S. 1923: A classification of fishes including families and genera as far as known. Stanford University Publications, University Series, Biological Sciences, 3: 77–243 + i–x.
• Ferraris, C.J., Jr. 2007: Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa, 1418: 1-628. PDF
• Vigliotta, T.R. 2008: A phylogenetic study of the African catfish family Mochokidae (Osteichthyes, Ostariophysi, Silurigormes), with a key to genera. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 157: 73-136.

Links

• Tree of Life Project [1]

Vernacular Name

Deutsch: Fiederbartwelse
English: Squeakers or Upside-down Catfish
Nederlands: Baardmeervallen
polski: Pierzastowąsowate

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