WoRMS taxon details
Mastacembelus armatus (Lacepède, 1800)
281527 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:281527)
accepted
Species
Macrognathus armatus Lacepède, 1800 · unaccepted
Macrognathus caudatus McClelland, 1842 · unaccepted
Macrognathus hamiltoni McClelland, 1844 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Macrognathus hamiltonii McClelland, 1844 · unaccepted
Mastacembelus armatus armatus (Lacepède, 1800) · unaccepted
Mastacembelus manipurensis Hora, 1921 · unaccepted
Mastacembelus marmoratus Cuvier, 1832 · unaccepted (synonym)
Mastacembelus ponticerianus Cuvier, 1832 · unaccepted
(of Macrognathus armatus Lacepède, 1800) Lacepède, B. G. E. (1800). Histoire naturelle des poissons. v. 2: i-lxiv + 1-632, Pls. 1-20.
page(s): 283, 286 [details]
page(s): 283, 286 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Mastacembelus armatus (Lacepède, 1800). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=281527 on 2026-06-24
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Macrognathus armatus Lacepède, 1800) Lacepède, B. G. E. (1800). Histoire naturelle des poissons. v. 2: i-lxiv + 1-632, Pls. 1-20.
page(s): 283, 286 [details]
original description (of Macrognathus caudatus McClelland, 1842) McClelland, J. (1842). On the fresh-water fishes collected by William Griffith, Esq., F. L. S. Madras Medical Service, during his travels under the orders of the Supreme Government of India, from 1835 to 1842. <em>Calcutta Journal of Natural History.</em> v. 2 (no. 8): 560-589, Pls. 6, 15, 18, 21. [Cover dated January, 1842, but data for material collected in 1842 is included. Authorship of new taxa apparently is McClelland alone except for one genus and one species listed as McClell. et Griff. on p. 573; the use of "id." is confusing.]. [details]
original description (of Mastacembelus manipurensis Hora, 1921) Hora, S. L. (1921). Fish and fisheries of Manipur with some observations on those of the Naga Hills. <em>Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta).</em> 22 (pt 3, no. 19): 165-214, Pls. 9-12., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.1473 [details]
original description (of Mastacembelus marmoratus Cuvier, 1832) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1832). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome huitième. Livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 8: i-xix + 5 pp. + 1-509, Pls. 209-245. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-470; Valenciennes 471-509. Date of 1831 on title page. i-xv + 1-375 in Strasbourg edition.].
page(s): 461 [details]
original description (of Mastacembelus ponticerianus Cuvier, 1832) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1832). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome huitième. Livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 8: i-xix + 5 pp. + 1-509, Pls. 209-245. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-470; Valenciennes 471-509. Date of 1831 on title page. i-xv + 1-375 in Strasbourg edition.].
page(s): 460 [details]
page(s): 283, 286 [details]
original description (of Macrognathus caudatus McClelland, 1842) McClelland, J. (1842). On the fresh-water fishes collected by William Griffith, Esq., F. L. S. Madras Medical Service, during his travels under the orders of the Supreme Government of India, from 1835 to 1842. <em>Calcutta Journal of Natural History.</em> v. 2 (no. 8): 560-589, Pls. 6, 15, 18, 21. [Cover dated January, 1842, but data for material collected in 1842 is included. Authorship of new taxa apparently is McClelland alone except for one genus and one species listed as McClell. et Griff. on p. 573; the use of "id." is confusing.]. [details]
original description (of Mastacembelus manipurensis Hora, 1921) Hora, S. L. (1921). Fish and fisheries of Manipur with some observations on those of the Naga Hills. <em>Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta).</em> 22 (pt 3, no. 19): 165-214, Pls. 9-12., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.1473 [details]
original description (of Mastacembelus marmoratus Cuvier, 1832) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1832). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome huitième. Livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 8: i-xix + 5 pp. + 1-509, Pls. 209-245. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-470; Valenciennes 471-509. Date of 1831 on title page. i-xv + 1-375 in Strasbourg edition.].
page(s): 461 [details]
original description (of Mastacembelus ponticerianus Cuvier, 1832) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1832). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome huitième. Livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 8: i-xix + 5 pp. + 1-509, Pls. 209-245. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-470; Valenciennes 471-509. Date of 1831 on title page. i-xv + 1-375 in Strasbourg edition.].
page(s): 460 [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (232 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Mastacembelus manipurensis Hora, 1921)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Macrognathus hamiltonii McClelland, 1844)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Mastacembelus marmoratus Cuvier, 1832)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Macrognathus armatus Lacepède, 1800)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Mastacembelus ponticerianus Cuvier, 1832)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (66 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Macrognathus caudatus McClelland, 1842)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mastacembelus armatus)
To Fishbase (from synonym Macrognathus caudatus McClelland, 1842)
To Fishbase (from synonym Macrognathus armatus Lacepède, 1800)
To Fishbase (from synonym Macrognathus hamiltonii McClelland, 1844)
To Fishbase (from synonym Mastacembelus ponticerianus Cuvier, 1832)
To GenBank (48212 nucleotides; 42827 proteins) (from synonym Macrognathus armatus Lacepède, 1800)
To GenBank (48212 nucleotides; 42827 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Macrognathus caudatus McClelland & Griffith in McClelland, 1842; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2591531) (from synonym Macrognathus caudatus McClelland, 1842)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Mastacembelus manipurensis Hora, 1921)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Macrognathus hamiltonii McClelland, 1844)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Mastacembelus marmoratus Cuvier, 1832)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Macrognathus armatus Lacepède, 1800)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Mastacembelus ponticerianus Cuvier, 1832)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (66 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Macrognathus caudatus McClelland, 1842)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mastacembelus armatus)
To Fishbase (from synonym Macrognathus caudatus McClelland, 1842)
To Fishbase (from synonym Macrognathus armatus Lacepède, 1800)
To Fishbase (from synonym Macrognathus hamiltonii McClelland, 1844)
To Fishbase (from synonym Mastacembelus ponticerianus Cuvier, 1832)
To GenBank (48212 nucleotides; 42827 proteins) (from synonym Macrognathus armatus Lacepède, 1800)
To GenBank (48212 nucleotides; 42827 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Macrognathus caudatus McClelland & Griffith in McClelland, 1842; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2591531) (from synonym Macrognathus caudatus McClelland, 1842)
To ITIS
