Macrognathus aral

Macrognathus aral, the one-stripe spiny eel, is a small fish from Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Myanmar. It usually is found in running and stagnant waters of freshwater and brackish waters. It is 63.5 cm (25.0 in) in length.^[2]

Macrognathus aral
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Synbranchiformes
Family:	Mastacembelidae
Genus:	Macrognathus
Species:	M. aral
Binomial name
Macrognathus aral (Bloch & J.G Schneider, 1801)
Synonyms[2]
Rhynchobdella aral Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Rhynchobdella dhanashorii Hora, 1921 Macrognathus jammuensis Malhotra & Singh Dutta, 1975

After mating, eggs are deposited by attaching on to algal masses.^[2]

In 2008, researches showed that what was once considered to be Macrognathus aral in Sri Lanka, is actually a separate species, Macrognathus pentophthalmos.^[1][3][4]