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Mastacembelus frenatus Boulenger, 1901

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Boulenger, G. A. (1901). Diagnoses of new fishes discovered by Mr. J. E. S. Moore in lakes Tanganyika and Kivu. II. Cichlidae, Mastacembelidae. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7).</em> v. 7 (no. 37) (art. 1): 1-6.

Classification

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

Name

Synonyms
Aethiomastacembelus frenatus (Boulenger, 1901)
Aethiomastacembelus moeruensis (Boulenger, 1914)
Aethiomastacembelus stappersii (Boulenger, 1914)
Afromastacembelus frenatus (Boulenger, 1901)
Afromastacembelus moeruensis (Boulenger, 1914)
Afromastacembelus stappersii (Boulenger, 1914)
Athieomastacembelus frenatus (Boulenger, 1901)
Caecomastacembelus frenatus (Boulenger, 1901)
Caecomastacembelus stappersii (Boulenger, 1914)
Mastacembalus mellandi Boulenger, 1914
Mastacembalus moeruensis Boulenger, 1914
Mastacembelus mellandi Boulenger, 1914
Mastacembelus moeruensis Boulenger, 1914
Mastacembelus mutombotombo Pellegrin, 1936
Mastacembelus stappersii Boulenger, 1914
Mastacembelus taeniatus Boulenger, 1901
Mastacembelus thompsoni Boulenger, 1918
Mastacembelus victoriae Boulenger, 1903
Homonyms
Mastacembelus frenatus Boulenger, 1901
Common names
East African Spiny Eel in English
Kakuni (stoney areas) in Swahili
Langhalet Snabelål in language.
Langstert-stekelpaling in Afrikaans
Langstertstekelpaling in language.
Longtail Spiny-eel in English
Mlombo in Swahili
Mugwano (deep water) in Swahili
Musioka in language.
Musiokolokongo (luvale) in language.
Musiyoka (sisubia) in language.
Mutome in language.
Ohjaspuikkokala in language.
Shorttail Spiny Eel in English
Spiny Eel in English
Umurombo in Rundi
Zügel-Stachelaal in German
hrotočelec Stappersův in Czech
hrotočelec houštinný in Czech
hrotočelec proměnlivý in Czech
longtail spiny eel in English
Полосатый хоботнорыл in Russian
East African Spiny Eel in English
Langhalet Snabelål in Danish
Langstert-stekelpaling in Afrikaans
Langstertstekelpaling in language.
Longtail Spiny Eel in English
Longtail Spiny-eel in English
Musioka in language.
Musiokolokongo (luvale) in language.
Musiyoka (sisubia) in language.
Mutome in language.
Ohjaspuikkokala in language.
Shorttail Spiny Eel in English
Spiny Eel in English
Zügel-Stachelaal in German

Bibliographic References

  1. Boulenger, G. A. (1901). Diagnoses of new fishes discovered by Mr. J. E. S. Moore in lakes Tanganyika and Kivu. II. Cichlidae, Mastacembelidae. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7).</em> v. 7 (no. 37) (art. 1): 1-6.
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  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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