Real photoREAL PHOTO

Half-banded Spiny Eel (Macrognathus circumcinctus)
Specimen imageSPECIMEN IMAGE
Half-banded Spiny Eel (Macrognathus circumcinctus) specimen
← Back to catalog

Mastacembelidae

Half-banded Spiny Eel

Macrognathus circumcinctus

Twenty Eight Point Six Centimeters Eel from the Mekong Basin

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Freshwater fish
  • Southeast Asia
  • Anguilliform
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Half-banded Spiny Eel is known around Asia as a freshwater fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and the largest recorded length is 28.6 cm.

Maximum length
28.6 cm
Water
Freshwater
Body shape
anguilliform
Distribution
Asia: Mekong and Chao Phraya basins, southeastern Thailand, Malay Peninsula and Sumatra, Indonesia.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

Generating…