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Mastacembelus shiranus Günther, 1896

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Günther, A. (1896). Descriptions of two new species of fishes (Mastacembelus and Barbus). <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 6).</em> v. 17 (no. 101) (art. 57): 397.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Synbranchiformes
family
Mastacembelidae
genus
Mastacembelus
species
Mastacembelus shiranus

Name

Synonyms
Aethiomastacembelus shiranus (Günther, 1896)
Afromastacembelus shiranus (Günther, 1896)
Homonyms
Mastacembelus shiranus Günther, 1896
Common names
Malawi Spinyeel in English
hrotočelec malawiský in Czech
Malawi Spinyeel in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  2. Günther, A. (1896). Descriptions of two new species of fishes (Mastacembelus and Barbus). <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 6).</em> v. 17 (no. 101) (art. 57): 397.
  3. 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). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
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