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View Mode View All Pictures Species Macrognathus aculeatus (Bloch 1786)    Macrognathus aculeatus was originally described as Ophidium aculeatus by Bloch in 1786. It belongs to the family Mastacembelidae. It is commonly known as Spiny eel but has many other common names such as Tara baim in Bangladesh, Pa lot in Lao, Pop. Dem. Rep., Lesser spiny eel in Myanmar, Gainchi in Nepal, Dlugonos ciernisty in Poland. more common names It is found in Fresh water.   Species Species   Higher Taxa Higher Taxa   Original Original   Subspecies Subspecies   Current Current   General General   Name History Name History   Related Pages Related Pages   Species of this Genus Species of this Genus   Species   aculeatus AuthorWI   Bloch [M. E.] AuthorNI   Bloch Qualification   --- Year   1786 Status   Valid Class   Osteichthyes Osteichthyes Order   Synbranchiformes Synbranchiformes Family   Mastacembelidae Subfamily   --- --- Genus   Macrognathus Subgenus   --- Class   Osteichthyes Order   Synbranchiformes Family   Mastacembelidae Genus   Macrognathus Original Name   Ophidium         Taxon Name   aculeatum Original Combination   Ophidium aculeatum Original Genus   Ophidium Original Genus Species   Ophidium aculeatum OriginalSubGenus   Ophidium Original Author   Bloch Original AuthorWI   Bloch [M. E.] Original Qualification   --- Original Year   1786 Original Family   Ophidiidae Original SubFamily   --- Original Level   species Type Locality   Neotype locality: Kali Brantas basin, channelled stream through drained area at Campurdarat south to Tulungagung, 8°10'S, 111°20'E, Java Timur, Java, Indonesia. Type Catalogue   Type catalog: Paepke 1999:98 [ref. 24282]. Primary Code   Neotype Primary Type   ZRC 49866 Page   72 [or 261] Illustrations   Pl. 159 (fig. 2) SubSpecies AuthorWI --- Qualification SS --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI --- Current Genus Species Macrognathus aculeatus Current Species aculeatus Current Genus Macrognathus Current AuthorWI Bloch [M. E.] Current AuthorNI Bloch Current Year 1786 Current Family Mastacembelidae Current Subfamily --- --- Habitat freshwater.         Water Fresh water     Current Summary   Valid as Macrognathus aculeatus  (Bloch 1786). Mastacembelidae.   Name History   •Valid as Macrognathus aculeatus (Bloch 1786) -- (Shrestha 1978:41 [ref. 15970], Travers 1984:144 [ref. 5147], Roberts 1986:98 [ref. 5802], Roberts 1989:180 [ref. 6439], Ataur Rahman 1989:261 [ref. 24860], Kottelat et al. 1993:167 [ref. 23448], Kottelat & Lim 1994:189 [ref. 21379], Indra 1994:426 [ref. 24015], Banik & Choudhury 1996:580 [ref. 24736], Ng & Tan 1999:364 [ref. 24159], Rafique 2000:327 [ref. 25220], Arunkumar & Tombi Singh 2000:121 [ref. 25674], Kottelat 2001:63 [ref. 25482], Choi et al. 2003:237, 557 [ref. 26218], Ataur Rahman 2003:285 [ref. 31338], Kottelat & Widjanarti 2005:168 [ref. 28284], Pethiyagoda et al. 2008:43 [ref. 30097], Britz 2010:55 [ref. 30857], Ahmed et al. 2013:287 [ref. 32872], Kottelat 2013:311 [ref. 32989]). Common Names  Common Names Picture  Picture Places  Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy Pictures  Pictures First Publication  First Publication Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations  Name Combinations References  References Page 1 of 2 (40 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]2 Page size: 25 50 100 Drag a column header here to group by that column Species   Genus Species   Authorship   Status   aculeata Macrognathus aculeata (Bloch [M. E.] 1786) Synonym aculeatum Macrognathus aculeatum (Bloch [M. E.] 1786) Synonym albus Macrognathus albus Plamoottil [M.] & Abraham [N. P.] 2014 Valid aral Macrognathus aral (Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801) Valid armatus Macrognathus armatus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1800 Synonym aureus Macrognathus aureus Britz [R.] 2010 Valid brevirostris Macrognathus brevirostris Gronow [L. T.] in Gray 1854 Synonym caudatus Macrognathus caudatus McClelland [J.] in McClelland 1842 Synonym caudiocellatus Macrognathus caudiocellatus (Boulenger [G. A.] 1893) Valid circumcinctus Macrognathus circumcinctus (Hora [S. L.] 1924) Valid dhanashorii Macrognathus dhanashorii (Hora [S. L.] 1921) Uncertain dorsiocellatus Macrognathus dorsiocellatus Britz [R.] 2010 Valid erythrotaenia Macrognathus erythrotaenia (Bleeker [P.] 1850) Synonym fasciatus Macrognathus fasciatus Plamoottil [M.] & Abraham [N. P.] 2014 Valid guentheri Macrognathus guentheri (Day [F.] 1865) Valid hamiltonii Macrognathus hamiltonii McClelland [J.] 1843 Synonym jammuensis Macrognathus jammuensis Malhotra [Y. R.] & Dutta [P. S.] 1975 Synonym keithi Macrognathus keithi (Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1940) Valid lineatomaculatus Macrognathus lineatomaculatus Britz [R.] 2010 Valid loricatus Macrognathus loricatus Gronow [L. T.] in Gray 1854 Synonym maculatus Macrognathus maculatus (Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1832) Valid malabaricus Macrognathus malabaricus (Jerdon [T. C.] 1849) Synonym meklongensis Macrognathus meklongensis Roberts [T. R.] 1986 Valid morehensis Macrognathus morehensis Arunkumar [L.] & Tombi Singh [H.] 2000 Valid obscurus Macrognathus obscurus Britz [R.] 2010 Valid Begins with Contains Doesn't contain Ends with Equals Doesn't equal Is less than Is less than or equal to Is greater than Is greater than or equal to Like ('%', '_') Page 1 of 2 (40 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1]2 Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…