 Summary of mochokiella | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Etymology | Mochokiella: From the Latin diminutive suffix -ella; in reference to the small size of the fish (literally: "a small Mochokus"). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Identification | The genus Mochokiella is distinguished from all other African siluroids by a combination of characters including small adult size, unilateral branching of the mandibular barbels, supero-lateral position of the eye, bands of villiform jaw teeth, elongate humeral process, and paired 3rd nuchal plate. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Size | Smallest 65mm, largest 65mm, average 65mm, most commonly 65mm. All SL. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Species | There are 1 "species" in the database | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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/siluriformes/mochokidae/mochokiella/paynei/1.jpg "Mochokiella paynei - Click for species page")