| Family: |
Mochokidae (Squeakers or upside-down catfishes), subfamily: Chiloglanidinae |
| Max. size: |
4.9 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
benthopelagic; freshwater |
| Distribution: |
Africa: known only from the holotype from Mount Nimba (upper Cavally basin) in Guinea (Ref. 272, 7362, 57223). |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 5. Diagnosis: labial disk moderately developed and rounded, with thick papillae covering almost its entire surface; mandibular barbels short; auxiliary barbels absent; premaxillary teeth large, arranged in 4-5 rows; only known specimen has 7+6 mandibular teeth, but typical number for this species is probably 7+7; adipose fin short, beginning slightly ahead of anal-fin origin; caudal fin weakly forked, lower lobe longer than upper; eyes not very well developed; dorsal surface of head with longitudinal epidermic ridges forming vermiculations (Ref. 57223).
Coloration: body covered with numerous small dark spots, more or less uniformly distributed on dorsal surface (colour hardly visible on preserved holotype)(Ref. 57223). |
| Biology: |
Oviparous (Ref. 205). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Vulnerable (VU); Date assessed: 08 January 2020 (B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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