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Source: Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes, 12-Jan-2026, website (version 12-Jan-26)

ITIS records citing this source
 
 Kingdom Animalia
  Aethiomastacembelus Travers, 1988 -- invalid
  Aethiomastacembelus praensis Travers, 1992 -- invalid
  Aethiomastacembelus robertsi Vreven and Teugels, 1996 -- invalid
  Aethiomastacembelus shiloangoensis Vreven, 2004 -- invalid
  Aethiomastacembelus traversi Vreven and Teugels, 1997 -- invalid
  Afromastacembelus Travers, 1984 -- invalid
  Afromastacembelus sexdecimspinus Roberts and Travers, 1986 -- invalid
  Amphipnous Müller, 1840 -- invalid
  Amphipnous fossorius Nayar, 1952 -- invalid
  Amphipnous indicus Silas and Dawson, 1961 -- invalid
  Anommatophasma Mees, 1962 -- invalid
  Anommatophasma candidum Mees, 1962 -- invalid
  Apterigia Basilewsky, 1855 -- invalid
  Apterigia immaculata Basilewsky, 1855 -- invalid
  Apterigia nigromaculata Basilewsky, 1855 -- invalid
  Apterigia saccogularis Basilewsky, 1855 -- invalid
  Bdellorhynchus Jordan and Tanaka, 1927 -- invalid
  Bihunichthys Kottelat and Lim, 1994 -- valid
  Bihunichthys monopteroides Kottelat and Lim, 1994 -- valid
  Caecomastacembelus Poll, 1958 -- invalid
  Caecomastacembelus brichardi Poll, 1958 -- invalid -- blind spiny eel
  Caecomastacembelus taiaensis Travers, 1992 -- invalid
  Chaudhuria Annandale, 1918 -- valid
  Chaudhuria caudata Annandale, 1918 -- valid -- Inle swamp eel, Burmese spineless eel
  Chaudhuria fusipinnis Kottelat and Britz in Kottelat, 2000 -- valid
  Chaudhuria ritvae Britz, 2010 -- valid
  Chaudhuriidae Annandale, 1918 -- valid -- earthworm eels
  Chendol Kottelat and Lim, 1994 -- valid
  Chendol keelini Kottelat and Lim, 1994 -- valid
  Chendol lubricus Kottelat and Lim, 1994 -- valid
  Cryptophthalmus robustus Franz, 1910 -- invalid
  Falconeria Larrañaga, 1923 -- invalid
  Falconeria aptera Larrañaga, 1923 -- invalid
  Falconeria pinnata Larrañaga, 1923 -- invalid
  Fluta Bloch and Schneider, 1801 -- invalid
  Furmastix Whitley, 1951 -- invalid
  Garo Yazdani and Talwar, 1981 -- valid
  Garo khajuriai (Talwar, Yazdani and Kundu, 1977) -- valid
  Indostomidae Prashad and Mukerji, 1929 -- valid -- armored sticklebacks
  Indostomoidei -- valid
  Indostomus Prashad and Mukerji, 1929 -- valid
  Indostomus crocodilus Britz and Kottelat, 1999 -- valid
  Indostomus paradoxus Prashad and Mukerji, 1929 -- valid -- Pipe fish
  Indostomus spinosus Britz and Kottelat, 1999 -- valid
  Macrognathus Lacepède, 1800 -- valid
  Macrognathus aculeatus (Bloch, 1786) -- valid -- elephant trunk fish, Lesser spiny eel
  Macrognathus albus Plamoottil and Abraham, 2014 -- valid
  Macrognathus aral (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) -- valid
  Macrognathus armatus Lacepède, 1800 -- invalid
  Macrognathus aureus Britz, 2010 -- valid
  Macrognathus caudatus McClelland, 1842 -- invalid
  Macrognathus caudiocellatus (Boulenger, 1893) -- valid
  Macrognathus circumcinctus (Hora, 1924) -- valid
  Macrognathus dorsiocellatus Britz, 2010 -- valid
  Macrognathus fasciatus Plamoottil and Abraham, 2014 -- valid
  Macrognathus guentheri (Day, 1865) -- valid
  Macrognathus hamiltonii McClelland, 1843 -- invalid
  Macrognathus jammuensis Malhotra and Dutta, 1975 -- invalid
  Macrognathus keithi (Herre, 1940) -- valid
  Macrognathus kris Ng and Tan, 2020 -- valid
  Macrognathus lineatomaculatus Britz, 2010 -- valid
  Macrognathus maculatus (Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1832) -- valid
  Macrognathus meklongensis Roberts, 1986 -- valid
  Macrognathus morehensis Arunkumar and Tombi Singh, 2000 -- valid
  Macrognathus obscurus Britz, 2010 -- valid
  Macrognathus ocellatus Hamilton, 1822 -- invalid
  Macrognathus orthosemos Britz and Kottelat, 2020 -- valid
  Macrognathus pancalus Hamilton, 1822 -- valid -- barred spiny eel, Indian spiny eel, Indian mastacembelid eel
  Macrognathus pavo Britz, 2010 -- valid
  Macrognathus pentophthalmos (Gronow in Gray, 1854) -- valid
  Macrognathus semiocellatus Roberts, 1986 -- valid
  Macrognathus siamensis (Günther, 1861) -- valid -- Spotfin Spiny Eel
  Macrognathus siangensis Arunkumar, 2016 -- invalid
  Macrognathus tapirus Kottelat and Widjanarti, 2005 -- valid
  Macrognathus undulatus McClelland, 1843 -- invalid
  Macrognathus zebrinus (Blyth, 1858) -- valid -- zebra spiny eel
  Macrotrema Regan, 1912 -- valid
  Macrotrema caligans (Cantor, 1849) -- valid
  Mastacembelidae Swainson, 1839 -- valid -- spiny eels, spinybacks, freshwater spiny-eels
  Mastacembeloidei -- valid -- spiny eels
  Mastacembelus Scopoli, 1777 -- valid
  Mastacembelus alboguttatus Boulenger, 1893 -- valid
  Mastacembelus albomaculatus Poll, 1953 -- valid
  Mastacembelus aleppensis Günther, 1861 -- invalid
  Mastacembelus ansorgii Boulenger, 1905 -- valid
  Mastacembelus apectoralis Brown, Britz, Bills, Rüber and Day, 2011 -- valid
  Mastacembelus argus Günther, 1861 -- invalid
  Mastacembelus armatus (Lacepède, 1800) -- valid -- spiny eel, tiretrack eel, zigzag eel, Zig-zag eel
  Mastacembelus armatus Sykes, 1839 -- invalid
  Mastacembelus armatus favus Hora, 1923 -- invalid
  Mastacembelus aviceps Roberts and Stewart, 1976 -- valid
  Mastacembelus batesii Boulenger, 1911 -- valid
  Mastacembelus billitonensis de Beaufort, 1939 -- invalid
  Mastacembelus binhluensis Vu, Nguyen and Nguyen, 2019 -- valid
  Mastacembelus brachyrhinus Boulenger, 1899 -- valid
  Mastacembelus brevicauda Boulenger, 1911 -- invalid
  Mastacembelus brichardi (Poll, 1958) -- valid -- blind spiny eel
  Mastacembelus catchpolei Fowler, 1936 -- valid
  Mastacembelus catenatus Heckel, 1847 -- invalid
  Mastacembelus caudiocellatus Boulenger, 1893 -- invalid
  Mastacembelus christyi Worthington and Ricardo, 1937 -- invalid
  Mastacembelus circumcinctus Hora, 1924 -- invalid
  Mastacembelus congicus Boulenger, 1896 -- valid
  Mastacembelus crassus Roberts and Stewart, 1976 -- valid
  Mastacembelus cryptacanthus Günther, 1867 -- valid
  Mastacembelus cunningtoni Boulenger, 1906 -- valid
  Mastacembelus dayi Boulenger, 1912 -- invalid
  Mastacembelus decorsei Pellegrin, 1919 -- valid
  Mastacembelus dictyon Britz and Kottelat, 2025 -- valid
  Mastacembelus dienbienensis Nguyen and Nguyen in Nguyen, 2006 -- valid
  Mastacembelus ellipsifer Boulenger, 1899 -- valid
  Mastacembelus erythrotaenia Bleeker, 1850 -- valid -- Fire eel, spotted fire eel
  Mastacembelus favus Hora, 1923 -- valid -- Tire track eel
  Mastacembelus flavidus Matthes, 1962 -- valid
  Mastacembelus flavomarginatus Boulenger, 1898 -- valid
  Mastacembelus frenatus Boulenger, 1901 -- valid -- longtail spiny eel
  Mastacembelus goro Boulenger, 1902 -- valid
  Mastacembelus greshoffi Boulenger, 1901 -- valid
  Mastacembelus guentheri Day, 1865 -- invalid
  Mastacembelus kadeiensis Roberts, 2021 -- valid
  Mastacembelus kakrimensis Vreven and Teugels, 2005 -- valid
  Mastacembelus keithi Herre, 1940 -- invalid
  Mastacembelus kobayashii Oshima, 1926 -- invalid
  Mastacembelus latens Roberts and Stewart, 1976 -- valid
  Mastacembelus laticauda Ahl, 1937 -- invalid
  Mastacembelus liberiensis Boulenger, 1898 -- valid
  Mastacembelus liemphuensis Vu, Nguyen and Nguyen, 2019 -- invalid
  Mastacembelus loennbergii Boulenger, 1898 -- valid
  Mastacembelus longicauda Boulenger, 1907 -- invalid
  Mastacembelus maculatus Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1832 -- invalid
  Mastacembelus maculatus Dabry de Thiersant, 1872 -- invalid
  Mastacembelus maculatus chrysogaster Bleeker, 1852 -- invalid
  Mastacembelus maculatus dictyogaster Bleeker, 1852 -- invalid
  Mastacembelus malabaricus Jerdon, 1849 -- valid
  Mastacembelus manipurensis Hora, 1921 -- invalid
  Mastacembelus marchei Sauvage, 1879 -- valid
  Mastacembelus marmoratus Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1832 -- invalid
  Mastacembelus marmoratus Perugia, 1892 -- invalid
  Mastacembelus mastacembelus (Banks and Solander in Russell, 1794) -- valid
  Mastacembelus mellandi Boulenger, 1914 -- invalid
  Mastacembelus micropectus Matthes, 1962 -- valid
  Mastacembelus moeruensis Boulenger, 1914 -- invalid
  Mastacembelus moorii Boulenger, 1898 -- valid
  Mastacembelus moorii nigrofasciatus David and Poll, 1937 -- invalid
  Mastacembelus mutombotombo Pellegrin, 1936 -- invalid
  Mastacembelus niger Sauvage, 1879 -- valid
  Mastacembelus nigromarginatus Boulenger, 1898 -- valid
  Mastacembelus notophthalmus Roberts, 1989 -- valid
  Mastacembelus oatesii Boulenger, 1893 -- valid
  Mastacembelus ophidium Günther, 1894 -- valid
  Mastacembelus pani Endruweit, 2024 -- valid
  Mastacembelus pantherinus Britz, 2007 -- valid
  Mastacembelus paucispinis Boulenger, 1899 -- valid -- short-finned spiny eel
  Mastacembelus paucispinis Fowler, 1939 -- invalid
  Mastacembelus pentophthalmos Gronow in Gray, 1854 -- invalid
  Mastacembelus perakensis Myers in Herre and Myers, 1937 -- invalid
  Mastacembelus plagiostomus Matthes, 1962 -- valid
  Mastacembelus platysoma Poll and Matthes, 1962 -- valid
  Mastacembelus polli Vreven, 2005 -- valid
  Mastacembelus ponticerianus Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1832 -- invalid
  Mastacembelus praensis (Travers, 1992) -- valid
  Mastacembelus punctatus Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1832 -- invalid
  Mastacembelus reticulatus Boulenger, 1911 -- invalid
  Mastacembelus reygeli Vreven and Snoeks, 2009 -- valid
  Mastacembelus robertsi (Vreven and Teugels, 1996) -- valid
  Mastacembelus sanagali Thys van den Audenaerde, 1972 -- valid
  Mastacembelus sclateri Boulenger, 1903 -- invalid
  Mastacembelus seiteri Thys van den Audenaerde, 1972 -- valid
  Mastacembelus sexdecimspinus (Roberts and Travers, 1986) -- valid
  Mastacembelus shiloangoensis (Vreven, 2004) -- valid
  Mastacembelus shiranus Günther, 1896 -- valid
  Mastacembelus signatus Boulenger, 1905 -- valid
  Mastacembelus simbi Vreven and Stiassny, 2009 -- valid
  Mastacembelus stappersii Boulenger, 1914 -- invalid
  Mastacembelus strigiventus Zhou and Yang in Yang and Zhou, 2011 -- valid
  Mastacembelus syriacus Gronow in Gray, 1854 -- invalid
  Mastacembelus taeniagaster Fowler, 1935 -- invalid
  Mastacembelus taeniatus Boulenger, 1901 -- invalid
  Mastacembelus taiaensis (Travers, 1992) -- valid
  Mastacembelus tanganicae Günther, 1894 -- valid
  Mastacembelus thacbaensis Nguyen, Nguyen and Ngo in Nguyen, 2006 -- valid
  Mastacembelus thompsoni Boulenger, 1918 -- invalid
  Mastacembelus tinwini Britz, 2007 -- valid
  Mastacembelus traversi (Vreven and Teugels, 1997) -- valid
  Mastacembelus triolobus Zhou and Yang in Yang and Zhou, 2011 -- valid
  Mastacembelus trispinosus Steindachner, 1911 -- valid
  Mastacembelus truttoides Endruweit, 2024 -- valid
  Mastacembelus ubangensis Boulenger, 1911 -- invalid
  Mastacembelus ubangipaucispinis Roberts, 2021 -- valid
  Mastacembelus unicolor Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1832 -- valid
  Mastacembelus vaillanti Fowler, 1905 -- invalid
  Mastacembelus vanderwaali Skelton, 1976 -- valid
  Mastacembelus venosus Valenciennes in Jacquemont, 1838 -- invalid
  Mastacembelus victoriae Boulenger, 1903 -- invalid
  Mastacembelus zebratus Matthes, 1962 -- valid
  Mastacembelus zebrinus Blyth, 1858 -- invalid
  Monopterus Lacepède, 1800 -- valid -- jowled swamp eels
  Monopterus albus (Zuiew, 1793) -- valid -- swamp eel, white ricefield eel, rice eel, Asian Swamp Eel, Belut, rice swampeel
  Monopterus desilvai Bailey and Gans, 1998 -- invalid
  Monopterus digressus Gopi, 2002 -- invalid
  Monopterus eapeni Talwar in Talwar and Jhingran, 1991 -- invalid
  Monopterus helvolus Richardson, 1846 -- invalid
  Monopterus ichthyophoides Britz, Lalremsanga, Lalrotluanga and Lalramliana, 2011 -- invalid
  Monopterus indicus (Silas and Dawson, 1961) -- invalid
  Monopterus indicus Eapen, 1963 -- invalid
  Monopterus javanensis Lacepède, 1800 -- valid
  Monopterus luticolus Britz, Doherty-Bone, Kouete, Sykes and Gower, 2016 -- invalid
  Monopterus marmoratus Richardson, 1846 -- invalid
  Monopterus rongsaw Britz, Sykes, Gower and Kamei, 2018 -- invalid
  Monopterus roseni Bailey and Gans, 1998 -- invalid
  Moringua hodgarti Chaudhuri, 1913 -- invalid
  Muraena alba Zuiew, 1793 -- invalid
  Muraena cinerea Bonnaterre, 1788 -- invalid
  Nagaichthys Kottelat and Lim in Kottelat, 1991 -- valid
  Nagaichthys filipes Kottelat and Lim in Kottelat, 1991 -- valid
  Ophicardia McClelland, 1844 -- invalid
  Ophicardia phayriana McClelland, 1844 -- invalid
  Ophichthys Swainson, 1839 -- valid
  Ophichthys cuchia (Hamilton, 1822) -- valid -- Cuchia, Gangetic mudeel
  Ophichthys desilvai (Bailey and Gans, 1998) -- valid
  Ophichthys fossorius (Nayar, 1952) -- valid -- Malabar swampeel
  Ophichthys hodgarti (Chaudhuri, 1913) -- valid
  Ophichthys ichthyophoides (Britz, Lalremsanga, Lalrotluanga and Lalramliana, 2011) -- valid
  Ophichthys indicus (Silas and Dawson, 1961) -- valid -- Bombay swampeel
  Ophichthys punctatus Swainson, 1839 -- invalid
  Ophichthys terricolus Britz, Standing, Gower and Kamei, 2023 -- valid
  Ophidium aculeatum Bloch, 1786 -- invalid
  Ophidium aculeatum Basilewsky, 1855 -- invalid
  Ophidium mastacembelus Banks and Solander in Russell, 1794 -- invalid
  Ophidium rostratum Shaw, 1803 -- invalid
  Ophidium simack Walbaum, 1792 -- invalid
  Ophisternon McClelland, 1844 -- valid -- snake swamp eels
  Ophisternon aenigmaticum Rosen and Greenwood, 1976 -- valid -- swamp eel, anguila falsa, Obscure Swamp Eel
  Ophisternon afrum (Boulenger, 1909) -- valid -- Guinea swamp eel
  Ophisternon bengalense McClelland, 1844 -- valid -- Bengal swamp eel, ricefield eel, Asian swamp eel, Onegill Eel
  Ophisternon berlini Arroyave, Angulo, Mar-Silva and Stiassny, 2024 -- valid
  Ophisternon candidum (Mees, 1962) -- valid -- Blind Cave Eel
  Ophisternon gutturale (Richardson, 1845) -- valid -- Australian swamp eel, Swamp Eel
  Ophisternon hepaticus McClelland, 1844 -- invalid
  Ophisternon infernale (Hubbs, 1938) -- valid -- anguila ciega yucateca, Blind Swamp Eel
  Pararhynchobdella Bleeker, 1874 -- invalid
  Pillaia Yazdani, 1972 -- valid
  Pillaia indica Yazdani, 1972 -- valid
  Pillaia kachinica Kullander, Britz and Fang, 2000 -- valid
  Pillaia khajuriai Talwar, Yazdani and Kundu, 1977 -- invalid
  Pillaiabrachia Britz, 2016 -- valid
  Pillaiabrachia siniae Britz, 2016 -- valid
  Pluto Hubbs, 1938 -- invalid
  Pluto infernalis Hubbs, 1938 -- invalid
  Pneumabranchus McClelland, 1843 -- invalid
  Pneumabranchus albinus McClelland, 1844 -- invalid
  Pneumabranchus cinereus McClelland, 1843 -- invalid
  Pneumabranchus leprosus McClelland, 1844 -- invalid
  Pneumabranchus striatus McClelland, 1844 -- invalid
  Rakthamichthys Britz, Dahanukar and Standing in Britz, Dahanukar, Standing, Philip, Kumar and Raghavan, 2020 -- valid
  Rakthamichthys digressus (Gopi, 2002) -- valid
  Rakthamichthys indicus (Eapen, 1963) -- valid
  Rakthamichthys mumba Praveenraj, Thackeray, Mohapatra and Pavan-Kumar, 2021 -- valid
  Rakthamichthys rongsaw (Britz, Sykes, Gower and Kamei, 2018) -- valid
  Rakthamichthys roseni (Bailey and Gans, 1998) -- valid
  Rhynchobdella Bloch and Schneider, 1801 -- invalid
  Rhynchobdella aculeata siamensis Günther, 1861 -- invalid
  Rhynchobdella aral Bloch and Schneider, 1801 -- invalid
  Rhynchobdella haleppensis Bloch and Schneider, 1801 -- invalid
  Rhynchobdella ocellata Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1832 -- invalid
  Rhynchobdella orientalis Bloch and Schneider, 1801 -- invalid
  Rhynchobdella polyacantha Bloch and Schneider, 1801 -- invalid
  Rhynchobdella sinensis Bleeker, 1870 -- invalid
  Sinobdella Kottelat and Lim, 1994 -- valid
  Sinobdella anguillaris (Mori, 1928) -- valid
  Sinobdella kobayashii (Oshima, 1926) -- valid
  Sinobdella longitubulus Shan and Zhang in Shan, Li and Zhang, 2024 -- valid
  Sinobdella magnificus Endruweit, 2024 -- valid
  Sinobdella sinensis (Bleeker, 1870) -- valid
  Symbranchus afer Boulenger, 1909 -- invalid
  Symbranchus caligans Cantor, 1849 -- invalid
  Symbranchus doeringii Weyenbergh, 1877 -- invalid
  Symbranchus grammicus Cantor, 1842 -- invalid
  Symbranchus hieronymi Weyenbergh, 1877 -- invalid
  Symbranchus tigrinus Weyenbergh, 1877 -- invalid
  Synbranchidae Bonaparte, 1835 -- valid -- swamp eels, anguillas de lodo, anguilles des mares
  Synbranchiformes -- valid -- swamp eels
  Synbranchoidei -- valid
  Synbranchus Bloch, 1795 -- valid
  Synbranchus fuliginosus Ranzani, 1839 -- invalid
  Synbranchus gutturalis Richardson, 1845 -- invalid
  Synbranchus immaculatus Bloch, 1795 -- invalid
  Synbranchus lampreia Favorito, Zanata and Assumpção, 2005 -- valid
  Synbranchus madeirae Rosen and Rumney, 1972 -- valid
  Synbranchus marmoratus Bloch, 1795 -- valid -- maporro, marmorated swamp eel, anguila de lodo, Mottled Swamp Eel, Marbled swamp eel
  Synbranchus mercedarius Weyenbergh, 1877 -- invalid
  Synbranchus pardalis Valenciennes, 1836 -- invalid
  Synbranchus royal Sabaj Pérez, Arce H. and de Sousa in Sabaj Pérez, Arce H., Donahue, Cramer and de Sousa, 2022 -- valid
  Synbranchus vittatus Castelnau, 1855 -- invalid
  Synbranchus xanthognathus Richardson, 1845 -- invalid
  Tetrabranchus Bleeker, 1851 -- invalid
  Tetrabranchus microphthalmus Bleeker, 1851 -- invalid
  Typhlobranchus Bloch and Schneider, 1801 -- invalid
  Typhlobranchus spurius Bloch and Schneider, 1801 -- invalid
  Typhlosynbranchus Pellegrin, 1922 -- valid
  Typhlosynbranchus boueti Pellegrin, 1922 -- valid -- Liberian swamp eel
  Typhlosynbranchus luticolus (Britz, Doherty-Bone, Kouete, Sykes and Gower, 2016) -- valid
  Unibranchapertura Lacepède, 1803 -- invalid
  Unibranchapertura cuchia Hamilton, 1822 -- invalid
  Unibranchapertura laevis Lacepède, 1803 -- invalid
  Unibranchapertura lineata Lacepède, 1803 -- invalid
  Unipertura Duméril, 1856 -- invalid
  Zoarchias anguillaris Mori, 1928 -- invalid
   

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