Mochokiella paynei • Mochokidae • Cat-eLog

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Mochokiella paynei** Howes, 1980
Common Name(s)	Payne's Catfish
Type Locality	Kassawe Forest Reserve, Sierra Leone.
Etymology	Mochokiella: From the Latin diminutive suffix -ella; in reference to the small size of the fish (literally: "a small Mochokus").
Species Information
Size	55mm (2.2") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Africa: known from the type locality, Kassawe Forest Reserve, Sierra Leone. (It would appear that the correct name, according to Wikipedia is Kasewe Forest Reserve). African Waters, Sierra Leone Waters, Kassawe Forest Reserve (click on these areas to find other species found there) (Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)
Temperature	22.0-24.0°C or 71.6-75.2°F (Show others within this range)
Husbandry Information
Breeding	Unreported.
Further Information
References	Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Zool.v. 38 (no. 3) - pp165 - Figs. 1, 2b
Registered Keepers	(1) Floody, (2) Silurus, (3) jippo (k: 12), (4) The.Dark.One, (5) Richard B (k: 4), (6) Birger (k: 5), (7) sidguppy (k: 6), (8) Armadillo Del Rio, (9) ali12345 (k: 3), (10) pawel060, (11) seba089 (k: 3), (12) Regina. Click on a username above to see all that persons registered catfish species. You can also view all "my cats" data for this species.
Breeding Reports	None.
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Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Scientific Name

Mochokiella paynei Howes, 1980

Common Name(s)

Payne's Catfish

Type Locality

Kassawe Forest Reserve, Sierra Leone.

Etymology

Mochokiella: From the Latin diminutive suffix -ella; in reference to the small size of the fish (literally: "a small Mochokus").

Species Information

Size

55mm (2.2") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.

Habitat Information

Distribution

Africa: known from the type locality, Kassawe Forest Reserve, Sierra Leone. (It would appear that the correct name, according to Wikipedia is Kasewe Forest Reserve).
African Waters, Sierra Leone Waters, Kassawe Forest Reserve (click on these areas to find other species found there)

(Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)

Temperature

22.0-24.0°C or 71.6-75.2°F (Show others within this range)

Husbandry Information

Breeding

Unreported.

Further Information

References

Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Zool.v. 38 (no. 3) - pp165 - Figs. 1, 2b

Registered Keepers

(1) Floody, (2) Silurus, (3) jippo (k: 12), (4) The.Dark.One, (5) Richard B (k: 4), (6) Birger (k: 5), (7) sidguppy (k: 6), (8) Armadillo Del Rio, (9) ali12345 (k: 3), (10) pawel060, (11) seba089 (k: 3), (12) Regina.

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Breeding Reports

None.

Articles