my huge peacock eel

[King-eL]

Not sure why when people see a Tire track spiny eel with faded patterns they assumed they are the same species with the commonly seen tire track spiny eel with lots of patterns. The one with the faded patterns is scientifically called Mastacembelus armatus. The other with lots of patterns is called Mastacembelus favus. They are both different species under the name of Tire track spiny eel. There are more than 4 species under the name of tire track spiny eels.

 

[StripeGirl]

He is still a baby by the way but very nice.Wait til he gets 30 inches or so:}

 

[jclyde13]

wow nice patteren on the TT.

i dont know why its so wide.
i saw the TT in the lfs and i just know i got to get it. got it for $15 i thought it wil be more for the size

IME, the width just depends on how much/often you feed it, mine used to be fairly skinny back when I was only feeding it a cube or two of frozen bloodworms per day (when it was between 5-9") then after it got to around 10" I started feeding it a few large pieces of krill every day, and it started to fill out a bit, and now I feed it as much krill as it wants about every other day, and it is now much wider than it was when I was feeding it a smaller amount once a day. It isn't really fat or anything, but it's about 2" in diameter and 13" long.

 

[jclyde13]

Not sure why when people see a Tire track spiny eel with faded patterns they assumed they are the same species with the commonly seen tire track spiny eel with lots of patterns. The one with the faded patterns is scientifically called Mastacembelus armatus. The other with lots of patterns is called Mastacembelus favus. They are both different species under the name of Tire track spiny eel. There are more than 4 species under the name of tire track spiny eels.

I think both species can have the faded pattern, so it is hard to differentiate between species, but my main point is that it is not a peacock eel, far from it.

 

[King-eL]

I think both species can have the faded pattern, so it is hard to differentiate between species, but my main point is that it is not a peacock eel, far from it.

I'm just clearing up the faded patterns which is the one on the pics and the one with lots of patterns which is a completely different speceis but also called a tire track. It's easy to tell M. favus to M. armatus apart. M . favus lots of circular patterns which is commonly seen tire track. M. favus is thought to be the same species but they are not and patterns is what you by the OP. Less patterns or faded. Not both species can have faded patterns unless very stress out.


I also agree with you that it's not a peacock eel as peacock eel is in a different genus.