Macrognathus siamensis | |
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Peacock eel from Nakhon Phanom, Thailand | |
Peacock spiny eel from Miami-Dade County, Florida | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Synbranchiformes |
Family: | Mastacembelidae |
Genus: | Macrognathus |
Species: | M. siamensis
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Binomial name | |
Macrognathus siamensis (Günther, 1861)
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Macrognathus siamensis, the peacock eel or spotfin spiny eel, is a spiny eel found in freshwater habitats throughout Southeast Asia. They are commercially important as food and aquarium fish.[1][2]