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Mastacembelidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Synbranchiformes
family
Mastacembelidae

Name

Synonyms
Mastacembilidae
Homonyms
Mastacembelidae
Common names
Snabelål in Danish
Stachelaale in German
długonosowate in Polish
freshwater spiny-eels in English
hrotočelcovití in Czech
puikkokalat in Finnish
spiny eels in English
spiny eels in English
spinybacks in English
spinybacks in English
Хоботнорылые in Russian
ปลาหลด ปลากระทิง in Thai
トゲウナギ科 in Japanese
刺鰍科 in Chinese
棘鰍科 in Chinese
spiny eels in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  2. FishBase
  3. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  4. Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
  5. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  6. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  7. Riehl, R., and H. A. Baensch, 1989: null. Aquarium Atlas. 992.
  8. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: World Fishes Important to North Americans Exclusive of Species from the Continental Waters of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 21. 243.
  9. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  10. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
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