Mochokus brevis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Siluriformes

Familia: Mochokidae
Subfamilia: Mochokinae
Genus: Mochokus
Species: Mochokus brevis

Name

Mochokus brevis Boulenger, 1906

Syntypes: BMNH 1907.12.2.2529-2542 (42 now 14), 1907.12.2.2544 (1); MNHN 1907-0233 [ex BMNH] (2); ZSM 5865 [ex BMNH 1907.12.2.2529-42] (1).

Type locality: Fashoda and Lake No, White Nile River, Sudan.

Etymology: The specific epithet brevis is the Latin for word for short, in reference to the shorter caudal part of the body compared to Mochokus niloticus.

Synonyms

Mochocus brevis Boulenger, 1906

References

Boulenger, G. A.; 1906: On a second species of the silurid genus Mochocus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (Series 7) 18 (104): 147–148.

Mochokus brevis in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2022. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

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