Mastacembelus

Mastacembelus é um género de peixes externamente semelhantes a enguias pertencente à família Mastacembelidae. Algumas espécies são utilizadas como peixes ornamentais em aquários, especialmente as espécies M. erythrotaenia (enguia-de-fogo) e M. armatus (enguia-ziguezague).

Mastacembelus
Mastacembelus moorii
Classificação científica
Reino: Animalia Filo: Chordata Classe: Actinopterygii Ordem: Synbranchiformes Família: Mastacembelidae Género: Mastacembelus Scopoli, 1777
Espécie-tipo
Ophidium mastacembelus J.Banks & Solander, 1794
Espécies
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Sinónimos
Caecomastacembelus Aethiomastacembelus Afromastacembelus

Taxonomia

Uma reavaliação da família Mastacembelidae realizada em 2005 levou a que os géneros Caecomastacembelus e Aethiomastacembelus fossem considerados sinónimos taxonómicos de Mastacembelus.

O género Mastacembelus inclui presentemente 64 espécies validamente descritas:

• Mastacembelus alboguttatus Boulenger, 1893
• Mastacembelus albomaculatus Poll, 1953
• Mastacembelus ansorgii Boulenger, 1905
• Mastacembelus apectoralis K. J. Brown, Britz, I. R. Bills, Rüber & J. J. Day, 2011
• Mastacembelus armatus (Lacépède, 1800)
• Mastacembelus aviceps T. R. Roberts & D. J. Stewart, 1976
• Mastacembelus brachyrhinus Boulenger, 1899
• Mastacembelus brichardi Poll, (1958)
• Mastacembelus catchpolei Fowler, 1936
• Mastacembelus congicus Boulenger, 1896
• Mastacembelus crassus T. R. Roberts & D. J. Stewart, 1976
• Mastacembelus cryptacanthus Günther, 1867
• Mastacembelus cunningtoni Boulenger, 1906
• Mastacembelus dayi Boulenger, 1912
• Mastacembelus decorsei Pellegrin, 1919
• Mastacembelus dienbienensis V. H. Nguyễn & H. D. Nguyễn, 2005
• Mastacembelus ellipsifer Boulenger, 1899
• Mastacembelus erythrotaenia Bleeker, 1850
• Mastacembelus favus Hora, 1924
• Mastacembelus flavidus Matthes, 1962
• Mastacembelus frenatus Boulenger, 1901
• Mastacembelus greshoffi Boulenger, 1901
• Mastacembelus kakrimensis Vreven & Teugels, 2005
• Mastacembelus latens T. R. Roberts & D. J. Stewart, 1976
• Mastacembelus liberiensis Boulenger, 1898
• Mastacembelus loennbergii Boulenger, 1898
• Mastacembelus marchei Sauvage, 1879
• Mastacembelus mastacembelus (J. Banks & Solander, 1794)
• Mastacembelus micropectus Matthes, 1962
• Mastacembelus moeruensis Boulenger, 1914
• Mastacembelus moorii Boulenger, 1898
• Mastacembelus niger Sauvage, 1879
• Mastacembelus nigromarginatus Boulenger, 1898
• Mastacembelus notophthalmus T. R. Roberts, 1989
• Mastacembelus oatesii Boulenger, 1893
• Mastacembelus ophidium Günther, 1894
• Mastacembelus pantherinus Britz, 2007
• Mastacembelus paucispinis Boulenger, 1899
• Mastacembelus plagiostomus Matthes, 1962
• Mastacembelus platysoma Poll & Matthes, 1962
• Mastacembelus polli Vreven, 2005
• Mastacembelus praensis (Travers, 1992)
• Mastacembelus reygeli Vreven & Snoeks, 2009
• Mastacembelus robertsi (Vreven & Teugels, 1996)
• Mastacembelus sanagali Thys van den Audenaerde, 1972
• Mastacembelus seiteri Thys van den Audenaerde, 1972
• Mastacembelus sexdecimspinus (T. R. Roberts & Travers, 1986)
• Mastacembelus shiloangoensis (Vreven, 2004)
• Mastacembelus shiranus Günther, 1896
• Mastacembelus signatus Boulenger, 1905
• Mastacembelus simbi Vreven & Stiassny, 2009
• Mastacembelus stappersii Boulenger, 1914
• Mastacembelus strigiventus W. Zhou & L. P. Yang, 2011
• Mastacembelus taiaensis (Travers, 1992)
• Mastacembelus tanganicae Günther, 1894
• Mastacembelus thacbaensis V. H. Nguyễn & H. D. Nguyễn, 2005
• Mastacembelus tinwini Britz, 2007
• Mastacembelus traversi (Vreven & Teugels, 1997)
• Mastacembelus triolobus W. Zhou & L. P. Yang, 2011
• Mastacembelus trispinosus Steindachner, 1911
• Mastacembelus undulatus (McClelland, 1844)
• Mastacembelus unicolor G. Cuvier, 1832
• Mastacembelus vanderwaali P. H. Skelton, 1976
• Mastacembelus zebratus Matthes, 1962