# Mastacembelus

Mastacembelus és un gènere de peixos pertanyent a la família dels mastacembèlids.

## Taxonomia

* Mastacembelus alboguttatus (Boulenger, 1893)
* Mastacembelus albomaculatus (Poll, 1953)
* Mastacembelus ansorgii (Boulenger, 1905)
* Mastacembelus armatus (Lacépède, 1800)
* Mastacembelus aviceps (Roberts & Stewart, 1976)
* Mastacembelus batesii (Boulenger, 1911)
* Mastacembelus brachyrhinus (Boulenger, (1899)
* Mastacembelus brevicauda (Boulenger, 1911)
* Mastacembelus brichardi (Poll, 1958)
* Mastacembelus catchpolei (Fowler, 1936)
* Mastacembelus congicus (Boulenger, 1896)
* Mastacembelus crassus (Roberts & Stewart, 1976)
* Mastacembelus cryptacanthus (Günther, 1867)
* Mastacembelus cunningtoni (Boulenger, 1906)
* Mastacembelus dayi (Boulenger, 1912)
* Mastacembelus decorsei (Pellegrin, 1919)
* Mastacembelus ellipsifer (Boulenger, 1899)
* Anguila de foc (Mastacembelus erythrotaenia) (Bleeker, 1850)
* Mastacembelus favus (Hora, 1924)
* Mastacembelus flavidus (Matthes, 1962)
* Mastacembelus flavomarginatus (Boulenger, 1898)
* Mastacembelus frenatus (Boulenger, 1901)
* Mastacembelus goro (Boulenger, 1902)
* Mastacembelus greshoffi (Boulenger, 1901)
* Mastacembelus kakrimensis (Vreven & Teugels, 2005)
* Mastacembelus latens (Roberts & Stewart, 1976)
* Mastacembelus liberiensis (Boulenger, 1898)
* Mastacembelus loennbergii (Boulenger, 1898)
* Mastacembelus marchei (Sauvage, 1879)
* Mastacembelus marmoratus (Perugia, 1892)
* Mastacembelus mastacembelus (Banks & Solander, 1794)
* Mastacembelus micropectus (Matthes, 1962)
* Mastacembelus moeruensis (Boulenger, 1914)
* Mastacembelus moorii (Boulenger, 1898)
* Mastacembelus niger (Sauvage, 1879)
* Mastacembelus nigromarginatus (Boulenger, 1898)
* Mastacembelus notophthalmus (Roberts, 1989)
* Mastacembelus oatesii (Boulenger, 1893)
* Mastacembelus ophidium (Günther, 1894)
* Mastacembelus pantherinus (Britz, 2007)
* Mastacembelus paucispinis (Boulenger, 1899)
* Mastacembelus plagiostomus (Matthes, 1962)
* Mastacembelus platysoma (Poll & Matthes, 1962)
* Mastacembelus polli (Vreven, 2005)
* Mastacembelus praensis (Travers, 1992)
* Mastacembelus reygeli (Vreven & Snoeks, 2009)
* Mastacembelus robertsi (Vreven & Teugels, 1996)
* Mastacembelus sanagali (Thys van den Audenaerde, 1972)
* Mastacembelus sclateri (Boulenger, 1903)
* Mastacembelus seiteri (Thys van den Audenaerde, 1972)
* Mastacembelus sexdecimspinus (Roberts & Travers, 1986)
* Mastacembelus shiloangoensis (Vreven, 2004)
* Mastacembelus shiranus (Günther, 1896)
* Mastacembelus signatus (Boulenger, 1905)
* Mastacembelus simbi (Vreven & Stiassny, 2009)
* Mastacembelus stappersii (Boulenger, 1914)
* Mastacembelus taiaensis (Travers, 1992)
* Mastacembelus tanganicae (Günther, 1894)
* Mastacembelus tinwini (Britz, 2007)
* Mastacembelus traversi (Vreven & Teugels, 1997)
* Mastacembelus trispinosus (Steindachner, 1911)
* Mastacembelus ubangensis (Boulenger, 1911)
* Mastacembelus unicolor (Cuvier, 1832)
* Mastacembelus vanderwaali (Skelton, 1976)
* Mastacembelus zebratus (Matthes, 1962)

## Observacions

Algunes de les seues espècies són relativament freqüents al comerç de peixos d'aquari, com ara l'anguila de foc (Mastacembelus erythrotaenia) i Mastacembelus armatus.

## Referències

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