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Mastacembelus armatus (Lacepède, 1800)

Zig-zag eel
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China country information

Common names: 大刺鰍, 大刺鳅, 大刺鳅
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Importance: commercial | Ref:
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Occurs in the Mekong basin in Yunnan (Ref. 27732). Inhabits gravel bottom of the streams to the south of the Changjiang River (Ref. 26563). Known from Zhaoguan city, Yingde county, Qingyuan county of Beijiang river drainage in Guangdong Province (Ref.45323, 89718). Also Ref. 4833, 35840, 36654, 41236, 43640.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ch.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Huang, H. et al., 1987
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classificatie / Names Lokale namen | Synoniemen | Catalog of Fishes(Genus, Soort(en)) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

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

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

; zoet water; brak water demersaal; pH range: 6.5 - 7.5; dH range: ? - 15; potamodroom (Ref. 51243).   Tropical; 22°C - 28°C (Ref. 1672); 38°N - 1°N

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