Mastacembelus

Mastacembelus
Mastacembelus moorii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Synbranchiformes
Family:	Mastacembelidae
Genus:	Mastacembelus Scopoli (ex Gronow), 1777
Species
See text
Synonyms
Caecomastacembelus[1] Aethiomastacembelus[1] Afromastacembelus[2]

Mastacembelus is a genus of many species of spiny eel fish from the family Mastacembelidae. Some species are relatively common in the aquarium trade such as the Fire eel (M. erythrotaenia) and Zig-zag eel, (M. armatus) (also called the Tire track eel although M. favus is properly given the common name of Tire track eel)

Taxonomy

In an evaluation of the Mastacembelidae in 2005, the genera Caecomastacembelus and Aethiomastacembelus were placed in synonymy with Mastacembelus.^[1] As of 2011, there were sixty-seven recognized species.

Species

• Mastacembelus alboguttatus Boulenger, 1893
• Mastacembelus albomaculatus Poll, 1953
• Mastacembelus ansorgii Boulenger, 1905
• Zig Zag Eel Mastacembelus armatus (Lacépède, 1800)
• Mastacembelus aviceps Roberts & Stewart, 1976
• Mastacembelus batesii Boulenger, 1911
• Mastacembelus brachyrhinus Boulenger, 1899
• Mastacembelus brevicauda Boulenger, 1911
• Blind Spiny Eel, (Mastacembelus brichardi) Poll, 1958
• Mastacembelus catchpolei Fowler, 1936
• Mastacembelus congicus Boulenger, 1896
• Mastacembelus crassus Roberts & Stewart, 1976
• Mastacembelus cryptacanthus Günther, 1867
• Mastacembelus cunningtoni Boulenger, 1906
• Mastacembelus dayi Boulenger, 1912
• Mastacembelus decorsei Pellegrin, 1919
• Mastacembelus dienbienensis Nguyen & Nguyen, 2005
• Mastacembelus ellipsifer Boulenger, 1899
• Fire Eel, (Mastacembelus erythrotaenia) Bleeker, 1850
• Tire Track Eel, Mastacembelus favus Hora, 1924
• Mastacembelus flavidus Matthes, 1962
• Longtail Spiny Eel, (Mastacembelus frenatus) Boulenger, 1901
• Mastacembelus goro Boulenger, 1902
• Mastacembelus greshoffi Boulenger, 1901
• Mastacembelus kakrimensis Vreven & Teugels, 2005
• Mastacembelus latens Roberts & Stewart, 1976
• Mastacembelus liberiensis Boulenger, 1898
• Mastacembelus loennbergii Boulenger, 1898
• Mastacembelus marchei Sauvage, 1879
• Mastacembelus marmoratus Perugia, 1892
• Mastacembelus mastacembelus (Banks & Solander, 1794)
• Mastacembelus micropectus Matthes, 1962
• Mastacembelus moeruensis Boulenger, 1914
• Mastacembelus moorii Boulenger, 1898
• Mastacembelus niger Sauvage, 1879
• Mastacembelus nigromarginatus Boulenger, 1898
• Mastacembelus notophthalmus Roberts, 1989
• Mastacembelus oatesii Boulenger, 1893
• Mastacembelus ophidium Günther, 1894
• Mastacembelus pantherinus Britz, 2007
• Mastacembelus paucispinis Boulenger, 1899
• Mastacembelus plagiostomus Matthes, 1962
• Mastacembelus platysoma Poll & Matthes, 1962
• Mastacembelus polli Vreven, 2005
• Mastacembelus praensis (Travers, 1992)
• Mastacembelus reygeli Vreven & Snoeks, 2009
• Mastacembelus robertsi (Vreven & Teugels, 1996)
• Mastacembelus sanagali Thys van den Audenaerde, 1972
• Mastacembelus sclateri Boulenger, 1903
• Mastacembelus seiteri Thys van den Audenaerde, 1972
• Mastacembelus sexdecimspinus (Roberts & Travers, 1986)
• Mastacembelus shiloangoensis (Vreven, 2004)
• Malawi Spiny Eel, (Mastacembelus shiranus) Günther, 1896
• Mastacembelus signatus Boulenger, 1905
• Mastacembelus simbi Vreven & Stiassny, 2009
• Mastacembelus stappersii Boulenger, 1914
• Mastacembelus taiaensis (Travers, 1992)
• Mastacembelus tanganicae Günther, 1894
• Mastacembelus thacbaensis Nguyen & Nguyen, 2005
• Mastacembelus tinwini Britz, 2007
• Mastacembelus traversi (Vreven & Teugels, 1997)
• Mastacembelus trispinosus Steindachner, 1911
• Mastacembelus ubangensis Boulenger, 1911
• Mastacembelus undulatus (McClelland, 1844)
• Mastacembelus unicolor Cuvier, 1832
• Ocellated Spiny Eel, (Mastacembelus vanderwaali) Skelton, 1976
• Mastacembelus zebratus Matthes, 1962

References

• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Mastacembelus in FishBase. February 2011 version.

1. ^ ^{a b c} Vreven, E. J. (2005). "Mastacembelidae (Teleostei; Synbranchiformes) subfamily division and African generic division: an evaluation". Journal of Natural History 39 (4): 351–370. doi:10.1080/0022293042000195975. 
2. ^ http://research.calacademy.org/redirect?url=http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp&genid=7163