''Mastacembelus micropectus'' is a species of fish in the family

Mastacembelidae The Mastacembelidae are a family of fishes, known as the spiny eels. The Mastacembelids are part of the Order Synbranchiformes, the swamp eels, which are part of the Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes). In an evaluation of the family in 2004, the ...

. It is endemic to

Lake Tanganyika Lake Tanganyika () is an African Great Lake. It is the second-oldest freshwater lake in the world, the second-largest by volume, and the second-deepest, in all cases after Lake Baikal in Siberia. It is the world's longest freshwater lake. ...

. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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micropectus Fish of Lake Tanganyika Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Fish described in 1962 Taxa named by Hubert Matthes {{Synbranchiformes-stub