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Mastacembelus  Scopoli, 1777
Taxonomic Serial No.: 172691

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Caecomastacembelus Poll, 1958
  
    Afromastacembelus Travers, 1984
  
    Aethiomastacembelus Travers, 1988
  
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2026   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderSynbranchiformes  – swamp eels  
                               SuborderMastacembeloidei  – spiny eels  
                                  FamilyMastacembelidae Swainson, 1839 – spiny eels, spinybacks, freshwater spiny-eels  
                                     GenusMastacembelus Scopoli, 1777  
    Direct Children:  
                                        Species Mastacembelus alboguttatus Boulenger, 1893  
                                        Species Mastacembelus albomaculatus Poll, 1953  
                                        Species Mastacembelus ansorgii Boulenger, 1905  
                                        Species Mastacembelus apectoralis Brown, Britz, Bills, Rüber and Day, 2011  
                                        Species Mastacembelus armatus (Lacepède, 1800) – spiny eel, tiretrack eel, zigzag eel, Zig-zag eel 
                                        Species Mastacembelus aviceps Roberts and Stewart, 1976  
                                        Species Mastacembelus batesii Boulenger, 1911  
                                        Species Mastacembelus binhluensis Vu, Nguyen and Nguyen, 2019  
                                        Species Mastacembelus brachyrhinus Boulenger, 1899  
                                        Species Mastacembelus brichardi (Poll, 1958) – blind spiny eel 
                                        Species Mastacembelus catchpolei Fowler, 1936  
                                        Species Mastacembelus congicus Boulenger, 1896  
                                        Species Mastacembelus crassus Roberts and Stewart, 1976  
                                        Species Mastacembelus cryptacanthus Günther, 1867  
                                        Species Mastacembelus cunningtoni Boulenger, 1906  
                                        Species Mastacembelus decorsei Pellegrin, 1919  
                                        Species Mastacembelus dictyon Britz and Kottelat, 2025  
                                        Species Mastacembelus dienbienensis Nguyen and Nguyen in Nguyen, 2006  
                                        Species Mastacembelus ellipsifer Boulenger, 1899  
                                        Species Mastacembelus erythrotaenia Bleeker, 1850 – Fire eel, spotted fire eel 
                                        Species Mastacembelus favus Hora, 1923 – Tire track eel 
                                        Species Mastacembelus flavidus Matthes, 1962  
                                        Species Mastacembelus flavomarginatus Boulenger, 1898  
                                        Species Mastacembelus frenatus Boulenger, 1901 – longtail spiny eel 
                                        Species Mastacembelus goro Boulenger, 1902  
                                        Species Mastacembelus greshoffi Boulenger, 1901  
                                        Species Mastacembelus kadeiensis Roberts, 2021  
                                        Species Mastacembelus kakrimensis Vreven and Teugels, 2005  
                                        Species Mastacembelus latens Roberts and Stewart, 1976  
                                        Species Mastacembelus liberiensis Boulenger, 1898  
                                        Species Mastacembelus loennbergii Boulenger, 1898  
                                        Species Mastacembelus malabaricus Jerdon, 1849  
                                        Species Mastacembelus marchei Sauvage, 1879  
                                        Species Mastacembelus mastacembelus (Banks and Solander in Russell, 1794)  
                                        Species Mastacembelus micropectus Matthes, 1962  
                                        Species Mastacembelus moorii Boulenger, 1898  
                                        Species Mastacembelus niger Sauvage, 1879  
                                        Species Mastacembelus nigromarginatus Boulenger, 1898  
                                        Species Mastacembelus notophthalmus Roberts, 1989  
                                        Species Mastacembelus oatesii Boulenger, 1893  
                                        Species Mastacembelus ophidium Günther, 1894  
                                        Species Mastacembelus pani Endruweit, 2024  
                                        Species Mastacembelus pantherinus Britz, 2007  
                                        Species Mastacembelus paucispinis Boulenger, 1899 – short-finned spiny eel 
                                        Species Mastacembelus plagiostomus Matthes, 1962  
                                        Species Mastacembelus platysoma Poll and Matthes, 1962  
                                        Species Mastacembelus polli Vreven, 2005  
                                        Species Mastacembelus praensis (Travers, 1992)  
                                        Species Mastacembelus reygeli Vreven and Snoeks, 2009  
                                        Species Mastacembelus robertsi (Vreven and Teugels, 1996)  
                                        Species Mastacembelus sanagali Thys van den Audenaerde, 1972  
                                        Species Mastacembelus seiteri Thys van den Audenaerde, 1972  
                                        Species Mastacembelus sexdecimspinus (Roberts and Travers, 1986)  
                                        Species Mastacembelus shiloangoensis (Vreven, 2004)  
                                        Species Mastacembelus shiranus Günther, 1896  
                                        Species Mastacembelus signatus Boulenger, 1905  
                                        Species Mastacembelus simbi Vreven and Stiassny, 2009  
                                        Species Mastacembelus strigiventus Zhou and Yang in Yang and Zhou, 2011  
                                        Species Mastacembelus taiaensis (Travers, 1992)  
                                        Species Mastacembelus tanganicae Günther, 1894  
                                        Species Mastacembelus thacbaensis Nguyen, Nguyen and Ngo in Nguyen, 2006  
                                        Species Mastacembelus tinwini Britz, 2007  
                                        Species Mastacembelus traversi (Vreven and Teugels, 1997)  
                                        Species Mastacembelus triolobus Zhou and Yang in Yang and Zhou, 2011  
                                        Species Mastacembelus trispinosus Steindachner, 1911  
                                        Species Mastacembelus truttoides Endruweit, 2024  
                                        Species Mastacembelus ubangipaucispinis Roberts, 2021  
                                        Species Mastacembelus unicolor Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1832  
                                        Species Mastacembelus vanderwaali Skelton, 1976  
                                        Species Mastacembelus zebratus Matthes, 1962  
       

 References
       
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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 17-Mar-2003, website (version 13-Mar-03)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Mastacembelus   
       
  Source: Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes, 12-Jan-2026, website (version 12-Jan-26)  
  Acquired: 2026   
  Notes: https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp   
  Reference for: Mastacembelus   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Mastacembelus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Eschmeyer, William N., ed.  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Catalog of Fishes   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3   
  Page(s): 2905   
  Publisher: California Academy of Sciences   
  Publication Place: San Francisco, California, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-940228-47-5   
  Notes: Available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/25622932   
  Reference for: Mastacembelus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.  
  Publication Date: 1994   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the World, Third Edition   
  Page(s): xvii + 600   
  Publisher: John Wiley and Sons   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-471-54713-1   
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  Reference for: Mastacembelus   
       

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