Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Synbranchiformes - hrdložábří
Čeleď: Mastacembelidae - hrotočelcovití

Typový druh: Ophidium [sic] mastacembelus Banks & Solander, 1794

Reference: Scopoli J. A. 1777. Introductio ad historiam naturalem, sistens genera lapidum, plantarum et animalium hactenus detecta, caracteribus essentialibus donata, in tribus divisa, subinde ad leges naturae. Prague. Introd. Hist. Nat. . i-x + 1-506.

Přehled druhů

• Mastacembelus alboguttatus Boulenger, 1893
  
• Mastacembelus armatus (Lacepède, 1800)
  
• Mastacembelus congicus Boulenger, 1896
  Boulenger, G. A. 1896. Descriptions of new fishes from the upper Congo. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (Ser. 6) v. 17 (no. 100): 309-311.
• Mastacembelus dayi Boulenger, 1912
  
• Mastacembelus erythrotaenia Bleeker, 1850
  
• Mastacembelus favus Hora, 1924
  
• Mastacembelus greshoffi (Boulenger, 1901)
  Boulenger, G. A. 1901. Descriptions of four new African freshwater fishes. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (Ser. 7) v. 7 (no. 37): 80-82.
• Mastacembelus kakrimensis Vreven & Teugels, 2005
  Vreven, E. J. & G. G. Teugels. 2005. Redescription of Mastacembelus liberiensis Boulenger, 1898 and description of a new West African spiny-eel (Synbranchiformes: Mastacembelidae) from the Konkoure River basin, Guinea. J. Fish Biol. v. 67: 32-369.
• Mastacembelus liberiensis Boulenger, 1898
  Boulenger, G. A. 1898. Report on the collection of fishes made by Mr. J. E. S. Moore in Lake Tanganyika during his expedition, 1895-96. Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. v. 15 (pt 1, no. 1): 1-30, Pls. 1-8.
• Mastacembelus mastacembelus (Banks & Solander, 1794)
  
• Mastacembelus nigromarginatus Boulenger, 1898
  Boulenger, G. A. 1898. Report on the collection of fishes made by Mr. J. E. S. Moore in Lake Tanganyika during his expedition, 1895-96. Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. v. 15 (pt 1, no. 1): 1-30, Pls. 1-8.
• Mastacembelus notophthalmus Roberts, 1989
  
• Mastacembelus oatesii Boulenger, 1893
  
• Mastacembelus pantherinus Britz, 2007
  Britz, R. 2007. Two new species of Mastacembelus from Myanmar (Teleostei: Synbranchiformes: Mastacembelidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 18 (3): 257-268.
• Mastacembelus paucispinis Boulenger, 1899
  Boulenger, G. A. 1899. Matériaux pour la faune du Congo. Poissons nouveaux du Congo. Troisième Partie. Silures, Acanthoptérygiens, Mastacembles, Plectognathes. Ann. Mus. Congo (Ser. Zool.) v. 1 (fasc. 3): 39-58, Pls. 20-29.
• Mastacembelus polli Vreven 2005
  Vreven, E. J. 2005. Redescription of Mastacembelus ophidium Günther, 1893 (Synbranchiformes: Mastacembelidae) and description of a new spiny eel from Lake Tanganyika. J. Nat. Hist. v. 39 (no. 18): 1539-1560.
• Mastacembelus praensis (Travers, 1992)
  Travers, R. A. 1992. Caecomastacembelus taiaensis and Aethiomastacembelus praensis, two new species of mastacembelid spiny-eels from West Africa. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters v. 2 (no. 4): 331-340.
• Mastacembelus robertsi Vreven & Teugels, 1996
  Vreven, E. J. & G. G. Teugels. 1996. Description of a new mastacembelid species (Synbranchiformes; Mastacembelidae) from the Zaïre River basin in Africa. Copeia 1996 (no. 1): 130-139.
• Mastacembelus sexdecimspinus (Roberts & Travers, 1986)
  Roberts, T. R. & R. A. Travers. 1986. Afromastacembelus sexdecimspinus, a new species of mastacembelid spiny-eel from rapids in the Cross River Basin, Cameroon. Cybium v. 10 (no. 2): 105-114.
• Mastacembelus shiloangoensis (Vreven, 2004)
  Vreven, E. J. 2004. Aethiomastacembelus shiloangoensis, a new spiny-eel from the Shiloango River basin, Africa (Synbranchiformes: Mastacembelidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters v. 15 (no. 2): 97-104.
• Mastacembelus shiranus (Günther, 1896)
  Günther, A. 1896. Descriptions of two new species of fishes (Mastacembelus and Barbus). Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (Ser. 6) v. 17 (no. 101): 397.
• Mastacembelus tinwini Britz, 2007
  Britz, R. 2007. Two new species of Mastacembelus from Myanmar (Teleostei: Synbranchiformes: Mastacembelidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 18 (3): 257-268.
• Mastacembelus traversi Vreven & Teugels, 1997
  Vreven, E. J. & G. G. Teugels. 1997. Aethiomastacembelus traversi, a new spiny-eel from the Zaïr River basin, Africa (Synbranchiformes: Mastacembelidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters v. 8 (no. 1): 81-87.
• Mastacembelus unicolor Cuvier, 1832
  
• Mastacembelus vanderwaali (Skelton, 1976)
  Skelton, P. H. 1976. A new species of Mastacembelus (Pisces, Mastacembelidae) from the upper Zambezi River, with a discussion of the taxonomy of the genus from this system. Ann. Cape Prov. Mus. Nat. Hist. v. 11 (no. 6): 103-116.

Statistické údaje

Počet druhů: 25