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WoRMS taxon details

Mastacembelidae Swainson, 1839

AphiaID

267040 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267040)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Mastacembeloidei

Synonymised names

Mastacembilidae Swainson, 1839 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (incorrect spelling)

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Genus Macrognathus Lacepède, 1800
Genus Mastacembelus Scopoli, 1777
Genus Sinobdella Kottelat & Lim, 1994
Genus Aethiomastacembelus Travers, 1988 accepted as Mastacembelus Scopoli, 1777
Genus Afromastacembelus Travers, 1984 accepted as Mastacembelus Scopoli, 1777
Genus Athieomastacembelus accepted as Aethiomastacembelus Travers, 1988 accepted as Mastacembelus Scopoli, 1777 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
Genus Caecomastacembelus Poll, 1958 accepted as Mastacembelus Scopoli, 1777
Genus Macroganthus accepted as Macrognathus Lacepède, 1800 (misspelling)
Genus Macrograthus accepted as Macrognathus Lacepède, 1800 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
Genus Mastacembalus accepted as Mastacembelus Scopoli, 1777 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
Genus Rhynchobdella Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Macrognathus Lacepède, 1800 (synonym)
Genus Rhyncobdella accepted as Rhynchobdella Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Macrognathus Lacepède, 1800 (misspelling)

Environment

~~marine~~, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Mastacembelidae Swainson, 1839. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267040 on 2026-05-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-11 06:43:30Z

created

Decock, Wim

2015-04-17 08:48:21Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2025-11-26 16:16:18Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors