Mastacembelus vanderwaali, Ocellated spiny eel

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Mastacembelus vanderwaali Skelton, 1976

Ocellated spiny eel
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Klassifizierung / Names Namen | Synonyme | Catalog of Fishes(Gattung, Arten) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Synbranchiformes (Spiny eels) > Mastacembelidae (Spiny eels)
Etymology: Mastacembelus: Greek, mastax, -agos = bite + Greek, emballo = to throw oneself (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ökologie

; süßwasser benthopelagisch. Tropical

Verbreitung Länder | FAO Gebiete | Ecosystems | Vorkommen | Point map | Einführungen | Faunafri

Africa: upper Zambezi (eastern Caprivi) (Ref. 6060) and Okavango (Ref. 13332).

Size / Gewicht / Alter

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.1 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 6060)

Kurzbeschreibung Morphologie | Morphometrie

Wirbelzahl: 82

Biologie     Fachlexikon (Englisch) (z.B. epibenthic)

Occurs in rapids and fast flowing waters over rocky substrate (Ref. 6060).

Life cycle and mating behavior Geschlechtsreife | Fortpflanzung | Ablaichen | Eier | Fecundity | Larven

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Travers, R.A., G. Eynikel and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde, 1986. Mastacembelidae. p. 415-427. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 6060)

IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435)

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