Description:
Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total):
7; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 11. Diagnosis:
eye 16.5% HL; body with clear medio-lateral band;
42-50 mandibular teeth; dorsal spine fully serrated
along entire anterior edge. Colouration:
Identification of this species is made easier by the
ochre coloured line which runs along the lateral line.
Habitat: The first thumbnail image
specimen was caught in the Invido river in Gabon. Aquarium Care: As with
the majority of this genera.
Common
Name:
Mustard Catfish
Synonyms:
None
Family:
Mochokidae
Distribution:
Africa:
Known from the type locality, Ogowe basin.
Size:
9.5cm. (3¾ins)
Temp:
23-26°C (73-79°F)
p.H.
6.5-7.2.
Reference:
Seegers, L.
2008 The catfishes of Africa. A handbook for identification
and maintenance. Aqualog Verlag A.C.S. GmbH, Germany.
604 p. Fermon, Y., J. Friel, H.H. Ng and D. De Weirdt,
2007. Mochokidae. p. 698-752. In M.L.J. Stiassny,
G.G. Teugels and C.D. Hopkins (eds.) The fresh and
brackish water fishes of Lower Guinea, West-Central
Africa. Volume I. Collection Faune et Flore tropicales
42. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement,
Paris, France, Muséum National d’Histoire
Naturelle, Paris, France, and Musée Royal de
l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium. Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors.
2021. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.
www.fishbase.org, ( 06/2021 ). ScotCat
Article:
Marshall, David. The Mustard Catfish.
Article no. 076.
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