WoRMS taxon details
Mastacembelidae Swainson, 1839
Mastacembilidae · unaccepted (incorrect spelling)
- Genus Macrognathus Lacepède, 1800
- Genus Mastacembelus Scopoli, 1777
- 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)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Mastacembelidae Swainson, 1839. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267040 on 2025-04-29
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., 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 
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | spiny eels | [details] |
