Summary of Centromochlus
Pronounced	cent row MOCK luss
Etymology	Centromochlus: From the Greek kenteo, meaning sting and mochlos, meaning lever or crowbar; in reference to the long spines.
Furniture	As the common name for this family, woodcat, implies, these fish like pieces of wood with crevices and gaps to squeeze into. Larger specimens will gregariously take refuge in pipes.
Size	Smallest 27mm, largest 139mm, average 60mm, most commonly 27mm. All SL.
Species	There are 16 "species" in the database
Keepers	10 species (62%) are being kept by registered keepers
New spp. / time	1750  1770  1790  1810  1830  1850  1870  1890  1910  1930  1950  1970  1990  2010
Most Kept Species
1.	Centromochlus perugiae (63.58%)
2.	Centromochlus reticulatus (10.98%)
3.	Centromochlus orca (6.94%)
4.	Centromochlus schultzi (5.78%)
5.	Centromochlus romani (5.78%)
6.	Centromochlus altae (2.89%)
7.	Centromochlus macracanthus (2.31%)
8.	Centromochlus concolor (0.58%)
9.	Centromochlus sp. (1) (0.58%)
10.	Centromochlus heckelii (0.58%)

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  C. altae (i:1, k:5)
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  C. bockmanni (i:0, k:0)
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  C. concolor (i:6, k:1)
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  C. existimatus (i:1, k:0)
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  C. ferrarisi (i:5, k:0)
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  C. heckelii (i:6, k:1)
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  C. macracanthus (i:1, k:4)
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  C. megalops (i:0, k:0)
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  C. meridionalis (i:11, k:0)
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  C. orca (i:12, k:12)
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  C. perugiae (i:24, k:110)
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  C. punctatus (i:0, k:0)
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  C. reticulatus (i:13, k:19)
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  C. romani (i:20, k:10)
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  C. schultzi (i:11, k:10)
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  C. sp. (1) (i:4, k:1)

Distribution of selected Centromochlus species
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