Mastacembelus brachyrhinus (短吻盲刺鰍) is a species of ray-finned fishes in the family freshwater spiny eels. They are associated with freshwater habitat. Individuals can grow to 16.4 cm.
Africa: lower Congo River rapids (Ref. 42510, 84205, 94498) and the middle Congo River, Lomami and Wagenia Falls (Ref. 106245) in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Definition: A habitat that is in or on a body of water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids (<0.5 grams dissolved salts per litre).
Definition: length of a fish measured from the tip of the snout to the posterior end of the last vertebra or to the posterior end of the midlateral portion of the hypural plate. Simply put, this measurement excludes the length of the caudal fin