Monopterus albus

Monopterus albus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Synbranchiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Anabantaria Ordo: Synbranchiformes

Familia: Synbranchidae
Genus: Monopterus
Species: Monopterus albus

Name

Monopterus albus (Zuiew, 1793)

• Syntypes: ZIL uncat. (Dhalberg Collection, whereabouts unknown).

Type locality: No locality stated [Suriname]. Originally from Suriname; needs neotype fixation to continue current usage. Distribution: Asia; introduced elsewhere.

Synonyms

• Muraena alba Zuiew, 1793: 299
  • Fluta alba (Zuiew, 1793)
• Gymnotus albus Zuiew, 1789
• Monopterus javanensis Lacepède, 1800
• Unibranchapertura laevis Lacepède, 1803
• Monopterus laevis (Lacepède, 1803)
• Synbranchus grammicus Cantor, 1842
• Symbranchus grammicus Cantor, 1842
• Ophicardia phayriana McClelland, 1844
• Ophicardia phyariana McClelland, 1844
• Pneumabranchus cinereus McClelland, 1844
  • Monopterus cinereus (McClelland, 1844)
• Synbranchus xanthognathus Richardson, 1845
  • Monopterus xanthognathus (Richardson, 1845)
  • Ophicardia xanthognatha (Richardson, 1845)
• Monopterus helvolus Richardson, 1846
• Monopterus marmoratus Richardson, 1846
• Aptergia immaculata Basilewsky, 1855
• Apterigia saccogularis Basilewsky, 1855
• Apterigia nigromaculata Basilewsky, 1855
• Aptergia nigromaculata Basilewsky, 1855
• Apterigia immaculata Basilewsky, 1855

References

• Zuiew, B. 1793. Biga Mvraenarvm, novae species descriptae. Nova Acta Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae 7 (for 1789): 296–301. BHL Reference page. 
• Britz, R., Kottelat, M. & Kullander, S. 2021. A note on Muraena alba Zuiew, 1793 (Teleostei: Synbranchidae). Zootaxa 4949(2): 398–400. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4949.2.12 Reference page. 
• Cai, X., Yu, S., Mipam, T., Zhang, X. & Yue, B. (in press): Phylogenetic lineages of Monopterus albus (Synbranchiformes: Synbranchidae) in China inferred from mitochondrial control region. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, Article first published online: 15 OCT 2012 DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12004

Links

• Monopterus albus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2026. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Vernacular names

• Basa Bali: Lindung
• English: Asian swamp eel
• Bahasa Indonesia: Belut
• 한국어: 드렁허리
• ไทย: ปลาไหล, ปลาไหลนา, ปลาไหลบึง