FAMILY Swainson, 1839 - spiny [=Mastecemblinae, Rhynchobdelloiden, Rhynchobdelloiden, Rhynchobdelloidei, Macrognathidae, Afromastacembelinae] Lacepede, 1800 - spiny eels [=Bdellorhynchus, Parahynchobdella, Rhynchobdella] Species Macrognathus aculeatus (Bloch, 1786) - lesser spiny [=ocellata, ocellatus, orientalis] Species Macrognathus albus Plamoottil & Abraham, 2014 - white spiny eel Species (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) - onestripe spiny eel [=jammuensis] Species Macrognathus aureus Britz, 2010 - golden spiny eel Species Macrognathus caudiocellatus (Boulenger, 1893) - Boulenger's macrognathus Species Macrognathus circumcinctus (Hora, 1924) - Hora's macrognathus [=taeniagaster] Species Macrognathus dorsiocellatus Britz, 2010 - Britz's macrognathus Species Macrognathus fasciatus Plamoottil & Abraham, 2014 - Plamoottil's spiny eel Species Macrognathus guentheri (Day, 1865) - Malabar spiny eel Species Macrognathus keithi (Herre, 1940) - Keith's spiny eel Species Macrognathus lineatomaculatus Britz, 2010 - lineatomactulatus spiny eel Species Macrognathus maculatus (Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1832) - Frecklefin eel [=billitonensis, chrysogaster, dictyogaster, vaillanti] Species Macrognathus meklongensis Roberts, 1986 - Mekong spiny eel Species Macrognathus morehensis Arunkumar & Tombi Singh, 2000 - Arunkumar's spiny eel Species Macrognathus obscurus Britz, 2010 - obscure spiny eel Species Hamilton, 1822 - barred spiny eel [=punctatus] Species Macrognathus pavo Britz, 2010 - pavo spiny eel Species Macrognathus pentophthalmos (Gronow, in Gray, 1854) - Gronow's spiny eel Species Macrognathus perakensis (Myers, in Herre & Myers, 1937) - Perak spiny eel Species Macrognathus semiocellatus Roberts, 1986 - Roberts' macrognathus Species (Gunther, 1861) - peacock eel Species Macrognathus siangensis Arunkumar, 2016 - Siang spiny eel Species Macrognathus tapirus Kottelat & Widjanarti, 2005 - tapir spiny eel [=paucispinis] Species Macrognathus zebrinus (Blyth, 1858) - zebra spiny eel GENUS Scopoli, 1777 - spiny eels [=Aethiomastacembelus, Afromastacembelus, Caecomastacembelus] Species Mastacembelus alboguttatus Boulenger, 1893 - Boulenger's mastacembelus [=dayi] Species Mastacembelus albomaculatus Poll, 1953 - Poll's mastacembelus Species Mastacembelus ansorgii Boulenger, 1905 - Ansorgi's spiny eel Species Mastacembelus apectoralis Brown et al., 2011 - Brown's spiny eel Species Mastacembelus armatus Lacepede, 1800 - zig zag eel [=armatus S, caudatus, hamiltonii, hodgsonii, manipurensis, marmoratus, polyacantha, ponticerianus, venosus] Species Mastacembelus aviceps Roberts & Stewart, 1976 - Roberts' mastacembelus Species Mastacembelus batesii Boulenger, 1911 - Bates' spiny eel Species Mastacembelus brachyrhinus Boulenger, 1899 - widenose spiny eel Species Mastacembelus brichardi (Poll, 1958) - blind spiny eel Species Mastacembelus catchpolei Fowler, 1936 - Catchpole's spiny eel Species Mastacembelus congicus Boulenger, 1896 - congicus spiny eel [=signatus] Species Mastacembelus crassus Roberts & Stewart, 1976 - fat spiny eel Species Mastacembelus cryptacanthus Gunther, 1867 - Gunther's mastacembelus [=longicauda] Species Mastacembelus cunningtoni Boulenger, 1906 - Cunnington's spiny eel Species Mastacembelus decorsei Pellegrin, 1919 - Pellegrin's mastacembelus Species Mastacembelus ellipsifer Boulenger, 1899 - ellipsifer spiny eel Species Mastacembelus erythrotaenia Bleeker, 1850 - [=argus, catenatus] Species Mastacembelus favus Hora, 1924 - tire track eel Species Mastacembelus flavidus Matthes, 1962 - Matthes' spiny eel Species Mastacembelus flavomarginatus Boulenger, 1898 - flavomarginatus spiny eel Species Mastacembelus frenatus Boulenger, 1901 - longtail spiny eel [=mellandi, moeruensis, mutombotombo, stappersii, taeniatus, thompsoni, victoriae] Species Mastacembelus goro Boulenger, 1902 - goro spiny eel Species Mastacembelus greshoffi Boulenger, 1901 - Greshoff's spiny eel Species Mastacembelus kakrimensis Vreven & Teugels, 2005 - Kakrim spiny eel Species Mastacembelus latens Roberts & Stewart, 1976 - latens spiny eel Species Mastacembelus liberiensis Boulenger, 1898 - Liberian spiny eel [=laticauda, reticulatus] Species Mastacembelus loennbergii Boulenger, 1898 - Loennberg's spiny eel Species Mastacembelus malabaricus Jerdon, 1849 - Malabar spiny eel Species Mastacembelus marchei Sauvage, 1879 - Marche's spiny eel [=sclateri] Species Mastacembelus mastacembelus (Banks & Solander, in Russell, 1794) - Banks' spiny eel [=aleppensis, haleppensis, simack, syriacus] Species Mastacembelus micropectus Matthes, 1962 - micropectus spiny eel Species Mastacembelus moorii Boulenger, 1898 - Moore's spiny eel [=christyi, nigrofasciatus] Species Mastacembelus niger Sauvage, 1879 - black spiny eel [=brevicauda, marmoratus, ubangensis] Species Mastacembelus nigromarginatus Boulenger, 1898 - blackedge spiny eel Species Mastacembelus notophthalmus Roberts, 1989 - notophthalmus spiny eel Species Mastacembelus oatesii Boulenger, 1893 - Oates' spiny eel Species Mastacembelus ophidium Gunther, 1894 - ophidium spiny eel Species Mastacembelus pantherinus Britz, 2007 - panther spiny eel Species Mastacembelus paucispinis Boulenger, 1899 - fewspined spiny eel Species Mastacembelus plagiostomus Matthes, 1962 - plagiostomus spiny eel Species Mastacembelus platysoma Poll & Matthes, 1962 - platysoma spiny eel Species Mastacembelus polli Vreven, 2005 - Poll's spiny eel Species Mastacembelus praensis (Travers, 1992) - Travers' spiny eel Species Mastacembelus reygeli Vreven & Snoeks, 2009 - Vreven's spiny eel Species Mastacembelus robertsi (Vreven & Teugels, 1996) - Roberts' spiny eel Species Mastacembelus sanagali Thys van den Audenaerde, 1972 - Sanagal's spiny eel Species Mastacembelus seiteri Thys van den Audenaerde, 1972 - Seiter's spiny eel Species Mastacembelus sexdecimspinus (Roberts & Travers, 1986) - sixspine spiny eel Species Mastacembelus shiloangoensis (Vreven, 2004) - Shiloango spiny eel Species Mastacembelus shiranus Gunther, 1896 - Malawi spiny eel Species Mastacembelus simbi Vreven & Stiassny, 2009 - simbi spiny eel Species Mastacembelus strigiventus Zhou & Yang, in Yang & Zhou, 2011 - Zhou's spiny eel Species Mastacembelus tinwini Britz, 2007 - Tinwin's spiny eel Species Mastacembelus taiaensis (Travers, 1992) - Taia spiny eel Species Mastacembelus tanganicae Gunther, 1894 - Tanganyika spiny eel Species Mastacembelus traversi (Vreven & Teugels, 1997) - Travers' spiny eel Species Mastacembelus triolobus Zhou & Yang, in Yang & Zhou, 2011 - triolobus spiny eel Species Mastacembelus trispinosus Steindachner, 1911 - threespine spiny eel Species Mastacembelus undulatus (McClelland, 1843) - undulate spiny eel [=thacbaensis] Species Mastacembelus unicolor Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1832 - onecolor spiny eel Species Mastacembelus vanderwaali Skelton, 1976 - ocellated spiny eel Species Mastacembelus zebratus Matthes, 1962 - zebra spiny eel GENUS Sinobdella Kottelat & Lim, 1994 - spiny eels Species Sinobdella dienbienensis (Nguyen & Nguyen, in Nguyen, 2005) - Dienbien spiny eel Species Sinobdella sinensis (Bleeker, 1870) - Chinese spiny eel [=aculeatum, anguillaris, kobayashii, maculatus]