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Black Spotted EelPolka Dot Eel ~ Spotted Spiny EelFamily: Mastacembelidae
Latest Reader Comment - See More Hello animail world. I'm new here and I just bought a black spiney eel and he's great, he's about 5 inches long. He's amazing. Anyways take that one part very... (more) Todd 2010-01-31 The Black Spotted Eel may not be brightly colored but it has a beautiful design!Black Spotted Eel Contents The Black Spotted Eel is also known as the Polka Dot Eel or Spotted Spiny Eel. As you can see in the photo above it sports an exotic looking color pattern. Smaller specimens have fewer but larger spots. This elegant patterning makes it a beautiful fish, one that is well worth having in your aquarium. The Black Spotted Eel has been imported for a long time, and over the past few years many thousands have been shipped from Thailand. Mastacembelus dayi is considered to be very rare by science, but fortunately this is probably not true. Supposedly only 3 specimens have ever been found and these 3 were used to describe the species. This is probably just a case of local fisherman knowing more about the distribution of a fish than the scientists do. As with most members of the spiny eel family, the attractiveness of this eel lies in its unusual color pattern and interesting behavior. Although not considered to be true eels, the body shapes of all members of the spiny eel family, Mastacembelidae, are definitely eel-like. For more Information on keeping freshwater fish see:
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| Hello animail world. I'm new here and I just bought a black spiney eel and he's great, he's about 5 inches long. He's amazing. Anyways take that one part very serious about them being ecape artists, cuz it's true. No more then 6 hours of having him he tried escape number 1, and I also noticed that they are really night time fish and they need fast moving fish. He started to attack my tiger barbs. I don't know what he's gonna do with my other tiretrack eel, hopfully it'll be a happy tank.
2010-01-31 |
| I bought a spotted eel at a place in portland called the wetspot you can google them it comes up easy. good luck
2010-01-04 |
| Where can I buy this fish, I'm tired of looking for him. I live in portland or
if anyone can give me the number to where they really have it, would be nice.
thanks!
2009-07-03 |
| Hello,
I'm new to this site. So far I have found it fascinating and extremely educational. I own two Clown Knife fish that I purchased about 5 months ago from a local pet store. (The told me the specimens were "African Clown Knife fish") -shrug- Anyway, I was wondering if the Black spotted Eel would get along with my Knife fish? The larger of the Knife fish is roughly 7-8" and the smaller about 6-7 1/2" I was thinking (if they would get along) about purchasing a Black Spotted Eel, probably 5-6 1/2"
Some advice would be much appreciated.
Thank you,
Marine Life Momma
2008-12-11 |
| Hi I have what i believe is a spotted eel, and i love it. I ne ver knew such thing exists until a friend told me. However, i want to know how to stock live shrimps and to breed them ... any advise on what is required to breed river/ghost shrimps?
2008-08-26 |
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