miniatura|Macrognathus aral Macrognathus és un gènere de peixos pertanyent a la família dels mastacembèlids.The Taxonomicon

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Es troben a l'Índia i el Sud-est asiàtic.Roberts, Tyson R., 1980. "A Revision of the Asian Mastacembelid Fish Genus Macrognathus". Copeia (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists) 1980 (3): 385–391.

Taxonomia Macrognathus aculeatus (Bloch, 1786)Bloch, M. E., 1786. Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. Berlín. Naturgeschichte der Ausländischen Fische. v. 2: i-viii + 1-160, Pls. 145-180. Macrognathus aral (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)Bloch, M. E. & Schneider, J. G., 1801. M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum. M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae.: i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110. Macrognathus aureus (Britz, 2010)Britz, R., 2010. Macrognathus aureus, a new spiny eel of the Macrognathus aculeatus species group from the Upper Ayeyarwaddy River Drainage, Myanmar (Teleostei: Synbranchiformes: Mastacembelidae). Zootaxa, 2514: 55–60. Macrognathus caudiocellatus (Boulenger, 1893)Boulenger, G. A., 1893. List of the fishes collected by Mr. E. W. Oates in the southern Shan States, and presented by him to the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 6) v. 12 (núm. 69): 198-203. Macrognathus circumcinctus (Hora, 1924)Hora, S. L., 1924. Zoological results of a tour in the Far East. Fish of the Talé Sap, Peninsular Siam. Parts I, II. Memoirs of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 6 (pt 9): 461-501. Macrognathus dorsiocellatus (Britz, 2010)Britz, R., 2010. Species of the Macrognathus aculeatus group in Myanmar with remarks on Macrognathus caudiocellatus (Teleostei: Synbranchiformes: Mastacembelidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 20 (4) (2009): 295-308. Macrognathus guentheri (Day, 1865)Day, F., 1865. On the fishes of Cochin, on the Malabar coast of India. Part I. Acanthopterygii. Proceedings of the General Meetings for Scientific Business of the Zoological Society of London 1865 (pt 1): 2-40. Macrognathus keithi (Herre, 1940)Herre, A. W. C. T., 1940. New species of fishes from the Malay Peninsula and Borneo. Bulletin of the Raffles Museum Núm. 16: 5-26, Pls. 1-20. Macrognathus lineatomaculatus (Britz, 2010) Macrognathus maculatus (Cuvier, 1832)Cuvier, G. & Valenciennes, A., 1832. Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome huitième. Livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. Histoire naturelle des poissons. v. 8: i-xix + 5 pp. + 1-509, Pls. 209-245. Macrognathus malabaricus (Jerdon, 1849) Macrognathus meklongensis (Roberts, 1986)Roberts, T. R., 1986. Systematic review of the Mastacembelidae or spiny eels of Burma and Thailand, with description of two new species of Macrognathus. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 33 (núm. 2): 95-109. Macrognathus morehensis (Arunkumar & Tombi Singh, 2000)Arunkumar, L. & H. Tombi Singh, 2000. Spiny eels of the genus Macrognathus (Lacépède) from Manipur, with description of a new species. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. v. 97 (núm. 1): 117-122. Macrognathus obscurus (Britz, 2010) Macrognathus pancalus (Hamilton, 1822)Hamilton, F. -Buchanan-, 1822. An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. Edimburg i Londres: i-vii + 1-405, Pls. 1-39. Macrognathus pavo (Britz, 2010) Macrognathus semiocellatus (Roberts, 1986) Macrognathus siamensis (Günther, 1861)Günther, A., 1861. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. 3. Gobiidae, Discoboli, Pediculati, Blenniidae, Labyrinthici, Mugilidae, Notacanthi. Londres. V. 3: i-xxv + 1-586 + i-x. Macrognathus taeniagaster (Fowler, 1935) Macrognathus tapirus (Kottelat & Widjanarti, 2005)Kottelat, M. & Widjanarti, E., 2005. The fishes of Danau Sentarum National Park and the Kapuas Lakes area, Kalimantan Barat, Indonesia. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. núm. 13: 139-173. Macrognathus zebrinus (Blyth, 1858)Blyth, E., 1858. Report of Curator, Zoological Department, for May, 1858. Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 27 (núm. 3): 267-290.BioLib AQUATABCatalogue of Life World Register of Marine Species FishBase UNEP-WCMC Species Database

Observacions Algunes de les seues espècies són populars com a peixos d'aquari (com ara, Macrognathus aculeatus i Macrognathus siamensis).

Referències

Bibliografia Fritzsche, R.A., 1982. Osteichthyes. A: Parker, S.P., Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms, vol. 2. McGraw-Hill, Nova York: 858-944.

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