Mastacembelus armatus (Lacepede, 1800)

Banyal, Harinder Singh, Kumar, Sanjeev & Sharma, Indu, 2020, First report on Ichthyofaunal Diversity of Purna Wildlife Sanctuary, Dang, Gujarat, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 120 (4), pp. 341-350 : 346

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https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v120/i4/2020/149942

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13187789

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scientific name

Mastacembelus armatus (Lacepede, 1800)
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14. Mastacembelus armatus (Lacepede, 1800) View in CoL (Tiretrack spiny-eel)

1800. Macrognathus armatus Lacepede, Hist. nat. poiss., 2: 283, 286.

2013. Mastacembelus armatus : Kottelat, The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. (27): 312.

Material examined: V/4134 , 2 ex., 23.5–27 cm, Purna River near Morali village, 26.xi.2019 .

Distribution: Widely distributed in India, found in fresh and brackish waters of hills as well as plains. It is rarely recorded from the waters of the sanctuary.

Remarks: This dull brown colored fish with one to three darker, longitudinal zig-zag lines, constitutes incredibly good food. Greatly in demand in most parts of India.

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