Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Mochokidae
Alternative spelling: Mochocidae
Parent taxon: Siluroidei according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Jordan 1963, Nelson et al. 2016, Otero et al. 2015 and Sereno et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Ailiidae, Akysidae, Amblycipitidae, Amphiliidae, Anchariidae, Ariidae, Arioidea, Auchenipteridae, Austroglanididae, Bagridae, Cetopsidae, Chacidae, Clariidae, Clarioidea, Claroteidae, Cranoglanididae, Doradoidea, Heptapteridae, Heteropneustidae, Horabagridae, Hypsidoroidea, Ictaluridae, Malapteruridae, Pangasiidae, Pimelodidae, Plotosidae, Pseudopimelodidae, Ritidae, Schilbeidae, Siluridae, Siluriodae, Sisoridae, Sisoroidea
Subtaxa: Synodontis
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Congo-Kinshasa (6 collections), Ethiopia (1), Kenya (15), Niger (1), Sudan (5)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (3), Uganda (3)
• Pliocene of Egypt (1), Ethiopia (1), Kenya (7), Uganda (5)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Chad (1), Kenya (1), Uganda (18)
• Miocene of Egypt (1), Kenya (1), Uganda (3)
Total: 73 collections including 77 occurrences