Longtail spiny eel

Mastacembelus frenatus

Eel from African Waters

Longtail spiny eel is known from Africa as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Swamp Eels
Family: Mastacembelidae
Genus: Mastacembelus
Maximum length: 40 cm
Water: Freshwater
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Africa: Lake Victoria through Lake Tanganyika and their associated catchment basins to the Upper Zambezi and Okavango Rivers (Ref. 6060 ). Also in the upper Congo River basin in Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ref. 2970 , 45616 , 93587 ) and Zambia (Ref. 246 , 27609 , 45616 ), in the Zambezi in Zimbabwe (Ref. 94654 ) and Angola (Ref. 120641 ) and in eastward flowing rivers of Tanzania (Ref. 4967 , 41366 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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