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Taxon:
Family
Mastacembelidae
Swainson, 1839
- freshwater spiny-eels
(fish)
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Entity:
Mastacembeloidei (Suborder)
..Chaudhuriidae (Family) - earthworm eels
..Mastacembelidae (Family) - freshwater spiny-eels
....Macrognathus (Genus)
....Mastacembelus (Genus)
....Sinobdella (Genus)
Types
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Mastacembelinae
(Subfamily)
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 318 (Travers, 1984).
[inferred]
Type
:
Mastacembelus
(Genus)
Scopoli, 1777
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 318; [<9 Feb 2024].
[inferred]
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
stekelalen
Ref:
B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
freshwater spiny-eels
Ref:
R. van der Laan et al. (eds.), 2021
: (4 Feb 2025).
:
freshwater spiny eels
Ref:
J.S. Nelson et al., 2016
: 382.
:
spiny-eels
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998
: 2472.
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