Zebra spinyeel

Species of fish

Zebra spinyeel
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Synbranchiformes
Family: Mastacembelidae
Genus: Mastacembelus
Species:
M. zebratus
Binomial name
Mastacembelus zebratus
Matthes, 1962
Synonyms[2]
  • Afromastacembelus zebratus (Matthes, 1962)
  • Caecomastacembelus zebratus (Matthes, 1962)

The zebra spinyeel (Mastacembelus zebratus) is a species of fish in the family Mastacembelidae. It is endemic to Lake Tanganyika where it is a secretive species which hides among rocks or in the sediments.[2]

References

  1. ^ Bigirimana, C.; Vreven, E. (2006). "Mastacembelus zebratus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60396A12350496. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60396A12350496.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Mastacembelus zebratus". FishBase. August 2019 version.
Taxon identifiers
Mastacembelus zebratus
  • Wikidata: Q1946139
  • BOLD: 503559
  • CoL: 3YCMK
  • EoL: 355913
  • FishBase: 10072
  • GBIF: 2351862
  • iNaturalist: 105290
  • IRMNG: 11252675
  • IUCN: 60396
  • NCBI: 762272
  • Open Tree of Life: 546698
  • Plazi: 9DDA5731-F236-EF25-5E30-69C633D30625
  • WoRMS: 1383580
  • ZooBank: D66FE356-7EC6-4E49-8AF6-B65A069AF5FE


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