Mochokiella paynei size incorrect

Dave Rinaldo · Post by **Dave Rinaldo** » Thu Dec 17, 2020 6:56 pm

Mochokiella paynei has size listed as 1.4" SL.

YouTube · Post by **bekateen** » Thu Dec 17, 2020 6:58 pm

3.6cm is the official max SL according to FishBase.

Dave Rinaldo · Post by **Dave Rinaldo** » Thu Dec 17, 2020 7:29 pm

From Seegars 'Catfish Of Africa'. "The figure of around 4.5cm (36mm SL) given as the total length of these fishes by Howes (1980: 165) and subsequently repeated everywhere (e.g. by Paugy & Roberts in Leveque etal 1992: 515) is not the maximum length, and in the aquarium these catfishes can attain almost 10cm (see also Sands, 1984).

MarcW · Post by **MarcW** » Fri Dec 18, 2020 4:37 pm

I can attest that all of my 12 Mochokiella paynei are well above 36mm SL, probably 40-55mm SL, possibly more.

If it helps I can take pictures with a ruler next to them?

Dave Rinaldo · Post by **Dave Rinaldo** » Fri Dec 18, 2020 5:08 pm

Trying to get pics yesterday is what prompted me to look up size. Here is one of my group of seven.
6.5cm SL

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