Monopterus

Monopterus is a genus of swamp eels mainly native to Asia, but with two species in Africa.[2][3] They live in various freshwater habitats and some have a fossorial lifestyle.[3] Three species, M. eapeni, M. digressus and M. roseni, live in underground waters.[4]

Monopterus
Monopterus albus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Synbranchiformes
Family: Synbranchidae
Subfamily: Synbranchinae
Genus: Monopterus
Lacépède, 1800
Type species
Monopterus javanicus
Lacépède, 1800
Synonyms[1]

Species

There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:

  • Monopterus albus (Zuiew, 1793) (Asian swamp eel)
  • Monopterus bicolor H. D. Nguyễn & V. H. Nguyễn, 2005
  • Monopterus boueti (Pellegrin, 1922) (Liberian swamp eel)
  • Monopterus cuchia (F. Hamilton, 1822) (Gangetic swamp eel)
  • Monopterus desilvai R. M. Bailey & Gans, 1998 (Lesser swamp eel)
  • Monopterus dienbienensis V. H. Nguyễn & H. D. Nguyễn, 2005
  • Monopterus digressus K. C. Gopi, 2002
  • Monopterus eapeni Talwar, 1991
  • Monopterus fossorius (K. K. Nayar, 1951) (Malabar swamp eel)
  • Monopterus hodgarti (B. L. Chaudhuri, 1913) (Indian swamp eel)
  • Monopterus ichthyophoides Britz, Lalremsanga, Lalrotluanga & Lalramliana, 2011 [5]
  • Monopterus indicus (Silas & E. Dawson, 1961) (Bombay swamp eel)
  • Monopterus javanensis Lacépède, 1800
  • Monopterus luticolus Britz, Doherty-Bone, Kouete, D. Sykes & Gower, 2016 [3]
  • Monopterus roseni R. M. Bailey & Gans, 1998
  • Monopterus rongsaw Britz, D. Sykes, Gower, & Kamei, 2018 [6]

References
  1. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Synbranchidae genera". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Monopterus in FishBase. March 2017 version.
  3. Britz, R., Doherty-Bone, T.M., Kouete, M.T., Sykes, D. & Gower, D.J. (2016): Monopterus luticolus, a new species of swamp eel from Cameroon (Teleostei: Synbranchidae). Archived 2016-12-24 at the Wayback Machine Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 27 (4): 309-323.
  4. Gopi, K.C. (2002). A new synbranchid fish, Monopterus digressus from Kersla, Peninsular India. Rec. zool. Surv. India 100(1-2) : 137-143.
  5. Britz, R., Lalremsanga, H.T., Lalrotluanga & Lalramliana (2011): Monopterus ichthyophoides, a new species of scaled swamp eel (Teleostei: Synbranchiformes: Synbranchidae) from Mizoram, India. Zootaxa, 2936: 51–58.
  6. "Monopterus rongsaw, a new species of hypogean swamp eel from the Khasi Hills in Northeast India (Teleostei: Synbranchiformes: Synbranchidae) – Pfeil Verlag". pfeil-verlag.de (in German). Retrieved 2019-03-04.


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