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| Scientific Name | Mastacembelus brichardi (Poll, 1958) |
| Common Name | Blind Spiny Eel |
| Type Locality | Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. |
| Synonym(s) | Caecomastacembelus brichardi |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 124mm or 4.9" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Africa: endemic to Lower Congo River rapids. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2009. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Feeding | Feeds on a variety of carnivore items, such as fry, eggs from spawning fish, insect larvae and other small aquatic creatures. Can be difficult to wean off live or frozen food. Home made "shrimp-mix" is often accepted. Typically a nocturnal feeder, but can often learn to feed when lights are on. User data. |
| Furniture | In nature they are found in rock crevices in a rapids area. A suitable setup in an aquarium would be large rocks stacked to form small compartments where these fish can hide. High flow from a streamer-pump would help to resemble the natural environment. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines v. 57 (no. 3-4), pp 389. |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
| Wishlists | Love this species? Click the heart to add it to your wish list. There is no wish to keep this species. |
| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is no record of this fish being seen. |
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 | Look up M. brichardi on Encyclopedia of Life |
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| LFS label creator ARN ref:21.116.969.5413 | |
| Last Update | 2025 Jan 01 13:06 (species record created: 2013 Sep 06 14:15) |