Microsynodontis | |
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Microsynodontis batesii | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Mochokidae |
Genus: | Microsynodontis Boulenger, 1903 |
Type species | |
Microsynodontis batesii Boulenger, 1903
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Species | |
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Microsynodontis is a genus of upside-down catfishes native to freshwater rivers in western Africa.[1] The genus was originally described by British-Belgian zoologist George Albert Boulenger in 1903 based upon the type species Microsynodontis batesii.[2] The name microsynodontis comes from the Greek word mikro, meaning small, and the Greek term synodon, meaning "with the teeth all growing together".[2]