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Macrognathus pancalus Hamilton, 1822

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Hamilton, F. [Buchanan] (1822). An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. Edinburgh & London. Pp i-vii + 1-405, Pls. 1-39.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Synbranchiformes
family
Mastacembelidae
genus
Macrognathus
species
Macrognathus pancalus

Name

Synonyms
Macrognathus puncalus Hamilton, 1822
Mastacembelus panaculas (Hamilton, 1822)
Mastacembelus pancalus (Hamilton, 1822)
Mastacembelus punctatus Cuvier, 1832
Homonyms
Macrognathus pancalus Hamilton, 1822
Common names
Båndet snabelål in Danish
Havumeenu in Kannada
Indian mastacembelid eel in English
Indian mastacembelid eel in English
Indian spiny eel in English
Indian spiny eel in English
Vam in Marathi
barred spiny eel in English
barred spiny eel in English
hrotočelec indický in Czech
Индийский хоботнорыл in Russian
গুচি বাইম in Bengali
ஆரால் in Tamil

Bibliographic References

  1. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  2. Hamilton, F. (1822). An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. <em>Edinburgh & London.</em> i-vii + 1-405, Pls. 1-39. [Often seen as Hamilton-Buchanan or Buchanan-Hamilton; in work as Hamilton [formerly Buchanan].].
  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
  4. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: World Fishes Important to North Americans Exclusive of Species from the Continental Waters of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 21. 243.
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