Microsynodontis
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| Microsynodontis | |
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| Microsynodontis batesii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Mochokidae |
| Genus: | Microsynodontis Boulenger, 1903 |
| Type species | |
| Microsynodontis batesii Boulenger, 1903 | |
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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]