Ophidium aculeatum is a Misapplied Synonym of Macrognathus aral and also a Valid Name or Synonym of another species as well.

Macrognathus aral (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)

One-Stripe Spinyeel - Star baim - Native Fish - Wild (Freshwater)

Systematic Position: [2]

Kingdom	:	Animalia
Phylum	:	Chordata
Class	:	Teleostei
Order	:	Synbranchiformes
Family	:	Mastacembelidae
Genus	:	Macrognathus
Species	:	Macrognathus aral

Common Names:

English	:	One-Stripe Spinyeel[729]
Bangla	:	Star baim[729] Tara baan[729] Pata baim[729] Pato baan[729] Baim[729] Baam[729] Baan[729] Phal gata[729] Phal gochi[729]

Synonyms:

Rhynchobdella aral Bloch and Schneider, 1801
Rhyncobdella aral Bloch and Schneider, 1801
Rhynchobdella dhanashorii Hora, 1921 Dec
Rhynchobdella dhanshorii Hora, 1921 Dec
Ophidium aculeatum (Non Bloch, 1786)
Rhynchobdella aculeata (Non Bloch, 1786)

Maximum Length and Weight:

Data not available

Inter-Length Relationship:

Data not available

Taxonomic Formula:

D XVI - XXIII 44-45; A III 44-52; P 19-24; C 15 ^{[Talwar and Jhingran, 1991]}

Scales:

Data not available

Chemistry:

Data not available

Conservation Status:

Global	:	Least Concern (LC)	(Version 3.1) [697]
Bangladesh	:	Data Deficient (DD)	(Version 3.1) [416]

Occurrence/Distribution:

Global	:	Bangladesh[6] India[6] Myanmar[6] Nepal[6] Pakistan[741] Sri Lanka[90]
Bangladesh	:	Sunamganj haor region, Sunamganj[729] Sandha river, Pirojpur[810] Bangshi River, Dhaka[1024] Punarbhaba, Dinajpur[1161] Sandha river, Pirojpur[1206] Belua river, Pirojpur[1207]

Habitat and Environment:

Habitat: Data not available

Environment:

Parameters	Units	Minimum	Maximum	Optimum	Ref.
Temperature	-	-	-	-	-
pH	-	-	-	-	-
DO	-	-	-	-	-
Free CO2	-	-	-	-	-

Breeding Maturity:

Data not available

Breeding Season: (red background)

Data not available

Fecundity:

Egg: dia- .3-1.4 mm, ^[90]
Absolute fecundity: 250 (min), 5,220 (max), Relative fecundity: 9 (min), 128 (max), Specimen length: 21.6-27.2 cm. weight: 0.0274-0.0 kg. ^[980]

Food and Feeding Habit:

Diet composition (%): Data not available

Importance:

Production and Marketing:
Production/Harvesting Season: Data not available
Harvesting Gears: Data not available
Market price: Data not available