Mochokidae
Synodontis cf vanderwaali, from the Okavango / Namibia
The Mochokidae are a domiciled exclusively in Africa family of catfish, for which there is no German names in general. Although they are often referred to as Catfishes, but this only includes the subfamily Mochokinae. The second belongs to the Mochokidae subfamily, Chiloglanidinae or African catfish, but do not have feathered barbels and would thus be designated completely wrong with the name Catfishes. The English name for this family is Squeaker Catfishes, because of the squeaking or squealing noise that they can produce. The scientific name derives from the word Mochokidae ' Mochok ' that indicates the author of De Joannis (1835 ) as a local name for the fish in the Nile.
Mark
All representatives have a strong bony head capsule and a prominent shoulder extension ( Humeralfortsatz ). There are three pairs of barbels (two on the lower jaw ) is created, which in the African Saugwelsen ( subfamily Chiloglanidinae ) are integrated into the oral disc. The Fiederbartwelsen ( subfamily Mochokinae ) the mandibular barbels are pinnate. The body is unbeschuppt and without bone plates. The first ray of the dorsal fin is strong, spine -like and usually sawed. The adipose fin is usually relatively large, and supported with a few exceptions without fin rays. The pectoral fins have a strong, thorn-like and sawn hard radiation as a good first fin ray. The caudal fin is designed relatively variable, usually bilobed and split more or less deep.
The representatives of the subfamily Chiloglanidinae are relatively flat built to be optimally adapted to flow- rich waters. In contrast, the body shapes of the species of the subfamily Mochokinae are somewhat variable. One finds both hochrückigere species, such as Synodontis eupterus, some of which even preferred supine swim brichardi (including the back Floating Congo catfish ) and slender, in turn adapted to flow- rich waters types, such as Synodontis.
Likewise, slim but is rather vermiform eg Microsynodontis pollination, which identifies him as species that lives well in highly structured habitats. The mouth shape is generic typical and often an indication of the species membership. The Saugmäuler the Chiloglanidinae different genus-specific. In Hemisynodontis hand, we find the broad membranes in the upper jaw barbels, which had its name to the type H. membranaceus. The species of the genus Synodontis, however, the feathered mandibular barbels catches your eye.
Way of life
While efforts are being inhabited by the Mochokiden the most diverse types of water, but it always involves freshwaters. The genera Atopochilus, Chiloglanis and Euchilichthys live in fast-flowing waters and, like the South American armored catfishes ( Loricariidae ), a mouth with which the animals can get stuck eyes on the ground.
System
- Family Mochokidae Jordan, 1923 Subfamily Chiloglanidinae Riehl & Baensch, 1990 Genus Atopochilus Sauvage, 1879 Atopochilus chabanaudi Pellegrin, 1938
- Atopochilus christyi Boulenger, 1920
- Atopochilus macrocephalus Boulenger, 1906
- Atopochilus mandevillei Poll, 1959
- Atopochilus pachychilus Pellegrin, 1924
- Atopochilus Savorgnani Sauvage, 1879
- Atopochilus vogti Pellegrin, 1922
- Atopodontus adriaensi Friel & Vigliotta, 2008
- Chiloglanis angolensis Poll, 1967
- Chiloglanis anoterus Crass, 1960
- Chiloglanis asymetricaudalis De Vos, 1993
- Chiloglanis batesi Boulenger, 1904
- Chiloglanis batesii Boulenger, 1904
- Chiloglanis benuensis Daget & Stauch, 1963
- Chiloglanis bifurcus Jubb & Le Roux, 1969
- Chiloglanis brevibarbis Boulenger, 1902
- Chiloglanis cameronensis Boulenger, 1904
- Chiloglanis carnosus Roberts & Stewart, 1976
- Chiloglanis congicus Boulenger, 1920
- Chiloglanis deckenii Peters, 1868
- Chiloglanis disneyi Trewavas, 1974
- Chiloglanis elisabethianus Boulenger, 1915
- Chiloglanis emarginatus Jubb & Le Roux, 1969
- Chiloglanis fasciatus Pellegrin, 1936
- Chiloglanis harbinger Roberts, 1989
- Chiloglanis Kalambo Seegers, 1996
- Chiloglanis lamottei Daget, 1948
- Chiloglanis lufirae Poll, 1976
- Chiloglanis lukugae Poll, 1944
- Chiloglanis macropterus Poll & Stewart, 1975
- Chiloglanis marlieri Poll, 1952
- Chiloglanis Mbozi Seegers, 1996
- Chiloglanis microps Matthes, 1965
- Chiloglanis modjensis Boulenger, 1904
- Chiloglanis neumanni Boulenger, 1911
- Chiloglanis niger Roberts, 1989
- Chiloglanis niloticus Boulenger, 1900
- Chiloglanis normani Pellegrin, 1933
- Chiloglanis occidentalis Pellegrin, 1933
- Chiloglanis paratus Crass, 1960
- Chiloglanis pojeri Poll, 1944
- Chiloglanis polyodon Norman, 1932
- Chiloglanis Polypogon Roberts, 1989
- Chiloglanis pretoriae Van Der Horst, 1931
- Chiloglanis productus Ng & Bailey, 2006
- Chiloglanis reticulatus Roberts, 1989
- Chiloglanis rukwaensis Seegers, 1996
- Chiloglanis ruziziensis De Vos, 1993
- Chiloglanis sanagaensis Roberts, 1989
- Chiloglanis somereni Whitehead, 1958
- Chiloglanis swierstrai Van Der Horst, 1931
- Chiloglanis trilobatus Seegers, 1996
- Chiloglanis voltae Daget & Stauch, 1963
- Euchilichthys astatodon ( Pellegrin, 1928)
- Euchilichthys boulengeri Nichols & La Monte, 1934
- Euchilichthys dybowskii ( Vaillant, 1892)
- Euchilichthys guentheri ( Schilthuis, 1891)
- Euchilichthys royauxi Boulenger, 1902
- Genus Acanthocleithron Nichols & Griscom, 1917 Acanthocleithron chapini Nichols & Griscom, 1917
- Brachysynodontis batensoda ( Rüppell, 1832)
- Hemisynodontis membranaceus ( Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1809)
- Microsynodontis armatus Ng, 2004
- Microsynodontis batesii Boulenger, 1903
- Microsynodontis christyi Boulenger, 1920
- Microsynodontis emarginatus Ng, 2004
- Microsynodontis hirsutus Ng, 2004
- Microsynodontis laevigatus Ng, 2004
- Microsynodontis lamberti Poll & Gosse, 1963
- Microsynodontis nannoculus Ng, 2004
- Microsynodontis nasutus Ng, 2004
- Microsynodontis notatus Ng, 2004
- Microsynodontis pollination Lambert, 1958
- Microsynodontis Vigilis Ng, 2004
- Mochokiella paynei Howes, 1980
- Mochokus brevis Boulenger, 1906
- Mochokus niloticus De Joannis, 1835