Species that contain: Mochokus and niloticus [ 3 ] records

niloticus, Mochokus Joannis [L. de] 1835:no page number, Pl. 8 [Magasin de Zoologie 1835 (5 anneé); ref. 2355] Nile River near Thebes, Egypt. No type known. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:311 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Mochokus niloticus Joannis 1835 -- (Gosse 1986:117 [ref. 6194], Burgess 1989:197 [ref. 12860], Paugy in Lévêque et al. 1992:512 [ref. 21590], Poll & Gosse 1995:203 [ref. 24781], Seegers et al. 2003:39 [ref. 28087], Ferraris 2007:311 [ref. 29155], Neumann et al. 2016:306 [ref. 35036]). Current status: Valid as Mochokus niloticus Joannis 1835. Mochokidae: Mochokinae. Distribution: Nile and Niger River basins, northern Africa. Habitat: freshwater.

typus, Rhinoglanis Günther [A.] 1864:216, Fig. [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 5; ref. 1974] Upper Nile River at Gondokoro, near Juba, Sudan, ca. 4°49'30.61''N 31°36'38.94''E. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1981.4.13.1. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:311 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Mochokus niloticus Joannis 1835 -- (Gosse 1986:117 [ref. 6194], Ferraris 2007:311 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Mochokus niloticus Joannis 1835. Mochokidae: Mochokinae. Habitat: freshwater.

vannutellii, Rhinoglanis Vinciguerra [D.] 1898:254 [15] [Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova (Serie 2) v. 19 [vol. 39 in sequence]; ref. 4522] Lake Rudolf [Lake Turkana], Kenya. Syntypes: MSNG 14419 (4). Type catalog: Tortonese 1963:308 [ref. 10351], Ferraris 2007:311 [ref. 29155] On p. 15 of separate. •Synonym of Mochokus niloticus Joannis 1835 -- (Gosse 1986:117 [ref. 6194], Ferraris 2007:311 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Mochokus niloticus Joannis 1835. Mochokidae: Mochokinae. Habitat: freshwater.