Macrognathus pancalus

Macrognathus pancalus, the barred spiny eel or Indian spiny eel, or পাঁকাল in bengali is a small freshwater fish in southern Asia. It usually is found in slow and shallow rivers. Males are more slender and often smaller than the females.[2]

Macrognathus pancalus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Synbranchiformes
Family: Mastacembelidae
Genus: Macrognathus
Species:
M. pancalus
Binomial name
Macrognathus pancalus
(F. Hamilton, 1822)
Synonyms[2]
  • Mastacembelus pancalus (Hamilton, 1822)
  • Mastacembelus punctatus Cuvier, 1832

References
  1. Vishwanath, W. (2010). "Macrognathus pancalus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T166542A6232710. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T166542A6232710.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Macrognathus pamcalus" in FishBase. August 2019 version.
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