After Nelson, 1994, with Recent species from Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“The Fishbase”]

<==o Mochokidae [Synodontidae] (ripsimonnit) [Nelson: 10 genera/167 species] [FB: 7/180]
   |?- Acanthocleithron chapini Nichols & Griscom, 1917
   |--o Atopochilus [7]
   |  |-- A. chabanaudi Pellegrin, 1938
   |  |-- A. christyi Boulenger, 1920
   |  |-- A. macrocephalus Boulenger, 1906
   |  |-- A. mandevillei Poll, 1959
   |  |-- A. pachychilus Pellegrin, 1924
   |  |-- A. savorgnani Sauvage, 1879
   |  `-- A. vogti Pellegrin, 1922
   |-- Chiloglanis (African suckermouth catfishes; ripsumonnit) [44]
   |--o Euchilichthys [5]
   |  |-- E. astatodon (Pellegrin, 1928)
   |  |-- E. boulengeri Nichols & La Monte, 1934
   |  |-- E. dybowskii (Vaillant, 1892)
   |  |-- E. guentheri (Schilthuis, 1891)
   |  `-- E. royauxi Boulenger, 1902
   |--o Microsynodontis [3]
   |  |-- M. batesii Boulenger, 1903
   |  |-- M. lamberti Poll & Gosse, 1963
   |  `-- M. polli Lambert, 1958
   |?- Mochokiella paynei Howes, 1980
   |--o Mochokus [2]
   |  |-- M. brevis Boulenger, 1906
   |  `-- M. niloticus Joannis, 1835
   `-- Synodontis Mioc. Eu. Plioc. R. Af. (ripsimonnit) [118]

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