Macrognathus

Macrognathus
Peacock Eel (M. siamensis)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Synbranchiformes
Family: Mastacembelidae
Genus: Macrognathus
Lacepède, 1800
Type species
Ophidium aculeatum
Bloch, 1786
Synonyms
  • Rhynchobdella Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801

Macrognathus is a genus of eel-like fish of the family Mastacembelidae of the order Synbranchiformes.

These fish are distributed throughout most of South and Southeast Asia.[1] Macrognathus species feed on small aquatic insect larvae as well as oligochaetes.[1]

  1. ^ a b Roberts, Tyson R. (1980). "A Revision of the Asian Mastacembelid Fish Genus Macrognathus". Copeia. 1980 (3): 385–391. doi:10.2307/1444512. JSTOR 1444512.