Mastacembelidae

Mastacembelus ellipsifer

Mastacembelus ellipsifer

Mastacembelid Fish of African Waters

• Tropical
• Local endemic species
• Single-lake endemic
• Freshwater fish
• Africa
• Anguilliform
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Mastacembelus ellipsifer is a species of spiny eel that is endemic to Lake Tanganyika in Africa and sometimes kept in aquariums. Although sometimes called the Tanganyikan spiny eel, it is only one of fifteen spiny eel species in the Tanganyikan basin (fourteen endemic).