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Mastacembelidae
39 species in this family
The Mastacembelidae family includes 39 species in the guide. Browse them all below with photos, identification details and distribution — and identify them in the field with the Fin's Fish Guide app.
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African spiny eel
Mastacembelus cryptacanthus
Mastacembelidae
Barred spiny eel
Macrognathus pancalus
Mastacembelidae
Belted spiny eel
Macrognathus circumcinctus
Mastacembelidae
Black spiny eel
Mastacembelus niger
Mastacembelidae
Blind spiny eel
Mastacembelus brichardi
Mastacembelidae
Buff-backed spiny eel
Macrognathus maculatus
Mastacembelidae
Burmese spiny eel
Macrognathus zebrinus
Mastacembelidae
Chinese spiny eel
Sinobdella sinensis
Mastacembelidae
Congo spiny eel
Mastacembelus congicus
Mastacembelidae
Cunnington's spiny eel
Mastacembelus cunningtoni
Mastacembelidae
Fire eel
Mastacembelus erythrotaenia
Mastacembelidae
Flatbody spiny eel
Mastacembelus platysoma
Mastacembelidae
Greshoff's spiny eel
Mastacembelus greshoffi
Mastacembelidae
Guenther's spiny eel
Macrognathus guentheri
Mastacembelidae
Lesser spiny eel
Macrognathus aculeatus
Mastacembelidae
Liberian spiny eel
Mastacembelus liberiensis
Mastacembelidae
Loennberg's spiny eel
Mastacembelus loennbergii
Mastacembelidae
Longtail spiny eel
Mastacembelus frenatus
Mastacembelidae
Malawi spinyeel
Mastacembelus shiranus
Mastacembelidae
Marbled spiny eel
Mastacembelus armatus
Mastacembelidae
Marbled spiny-eel
Mastacembelus vanderwaali
Mastacembelidae
Marche's spiny eel
Mastacembelus marchei
Mastacembelidae
Mastacembelus plagiostomus
Mastacembelus plagiostomus
Mastacembelidae
Mastacembelus seiteri
Mastacembelus seiteri
Mastacembelidae
Mesopotamian spiny eel
Mastacembelus mastacembelus
Mastacembelidae
Ocellated spiny eel
Macrognathus caudiocellatus
Mastacembelidae
Peacock eel
Macrognathus siamensis
Mastacembelidae
Sanaga spiny eel
Mastacembelus sanagali
Mastacembelidae
Snake spiny eel
Mastacembelus ophidium
Mastacembelidae
Spiny eel
Mastacembelus moorii
Mastacembelidae
Spiny eel
Mastacembelus paucispinis
Mastacembelidae
Spiny-eel
Mastacembelus nigromarginatus
Mastacembelidae
Stripedbelly spiny eel
Macrognathus taeniagaster
Mastacembelidae
Taia spiny eel
Mastacembelus taiaensis
Mastacembelidae
Tanganyika spiny eel
Mastacembelus ellipsifer
Mastacembelidae
Tanganyika spiny eel
Mastacembelus tanganicae
Mastacembelidae
Tire-track spiny eel
Mastacembelus favus
Mastacembelidae
Whitespotted spiny eel
Mastacembelus albomaculatus
Mastacembelidae
Yellow spiny eel
Mastacembelus flavidus
Mastacembelidae