# Mastacembelus

Mastacembelus é um género de peixes externamente semelhantes a enguias pertencente à família Mastacembelidae. Algumas espécies são utilizadas como peixes ornamentais em aquários, especialmente as espécies M. erythrotaenia (enguia-de-fogo) e M. armatus (enguia-ziguezague).

## Taxonomia

Uma reavaliação da família Mastacembelidae realizada em 2005 levou a que os géneros Caecomastacembelus e Aethiomastacembelus fossem considerados sinónimos taxonómicos de Mastacembelus.
O género Mastacembelus inclui presentemente 64 espécies validamente descritas:
* Mastacembelus alboguttatus Boulenger, 1893
* Mastacembelus albomaculatus Poll, 1953
* Mastacembelus ansorgii Boulenger, 1905
* Mastacembelus apectoralis K. J. Brown, Britz, I. R. Bills, Rüber & J. J. Day, 2011
* Mastacembelus armatus (Lacépède, 1800)
* Mastacembelus aviceps T. R. Roberts & D. J. Stewart, 1976
* Mastacembelus brachyrhinus Boulenger, 1899
* Mastacembelus brichardi Poll, (1958)
* Mastacembelus catchpolei Fowler, 1936
* Mastacembelus congicus Boulenger, 1896
* Mastacembelus crassus T. R. Roberts & D. J. Stewart, 1976
* Mastacembelus cryptacanthus Günther, 1867
* Mastacembelus cunningtoni Boulenger, 1906
* Mastacembelus dayi Boulenger, 1912
* Mastacembelus decorsei Pellegrin, 1919
* Mastacembelus dienbienensis V. H. Nguyễn & H. D. Nguyễn, 2005
* Mastacembelus ellipsifer Boulenger, 1899
* Mastacembelus erythrotaenia Bleeker, 1850
* Mastacembelus favus Hora, 1924
* Mastacembelus flavidus Matthes, 1962
* Mastacembelus frenatus Boulenger, 1901
* Mastacembelus greshoffi Boulenger, 1901
* Mastacembelus kakrimensis Vreven & Teugels, 2005
* Mastacembelus latens T. R. Roberts & D. J. Stewart, 1976
* Mastacembelus liberiensis Boulenger, 1898
* Mastacembelus loennbergii Boulenger, 1898
* Mastacembelus marchei Sauvage, 1879
* Mastacembelus mastacembelus (J. 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 T. R. 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 seiteri Thys van den Audenaerde, 1972
* Mastacembelus sexdecimspinus (T. R. 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 strigiventus W. Zhou & L. P. Yang, 2011
* Mastacembelus taiaensis (Travers, 1992)
* Mastacembelus tanganicae Günther, 1894
* Mastacembelus thacbaensis V. H. Nguyễn & H. D. Nguyễn, 2005
* Mastacembelus tinwini Britz, 2007
* Mastacembelus traversi (Vreven & Teugels, 1997)
* Mastacembelus triolobus W. Zhou & L. P. Yang, 2011
* Mastacembelus trispinosus Steindachner, 1911
* Mastacembelus undulatus (McClelland, 1844)
* Mastacembelus unicolor G. Cuvier, 1832
* Mastacembelus vanderwaali P. H. Skelton, 1976
* Mastacembelus zebratus Matthes, 1962