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Mastacembelus armatus (Lacepède, 1800)

Zig-zag eel
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Cambodia country information

Common names: Kchung, Trey chhlaunh, Trey kchoeung
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in the Mekong (Ref. 27732). Known from Réam, Stung O Krien, Srépok, Stung Santrea, Battembang (Ref. 36654), Tonle Sap and Great Lake (Ref. 33813). Rarely found south to Kratie (Ref. 37770).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/cb.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kottelat, M., 1998
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Synbranchiformes (Spiny eels) > Mastacembelidae (Spiny eels)
Etymology: Mastacembelus: Greek, mastax, -agos = bite + Greek, emballo = to throw oneself (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Lacepède.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; brackish; demersal; pH range: 6.5 - 7.5; dH range: ? - 15; potamodromous (Ref. 51243).   Tropical; 22°C - 28°C (Ref. 1672); 38°N - 1°N

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