Monopterus

Monopterus albus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Synbranchiformes

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

Familia: Synbranchidae
Genus: Monopterus
Species (13): M. albus – M. bicolor – M. boueti – M. cuchia – M. desilvai – M. dienbienensis – M. digressus – M. eapeni – M. fossorius – M. hodgarti – M. ichthyophoides – M. indicus – M. roseni

Name

• Monopterus Lacépède, 1800 :138
  • Gender: masculine
  • Type species: Monopterus javanensis Lacépède 1800
    • Type by monotypy

Synonymy

• Amphipnous Müller, 1841
• Apterigia Basilewsky, 1855
• Cryptophthalmus V. Franz, 1910
• Cuchia Hamilton, 1831
• Fluta Bloch & Schneider, 1801
• Ophicardia McClelland, 1844
• Ophichthys Swainson, 1839
• Pneumabranchus McClelland, 1844
• Typhlosynbranchus Pellegrin, 1922

References

• Lacepède, B.G.E. 1800: Histoire naturelle des poissons. 2 : i-lxiv + 1-632, Pls. 1-20.
• 2011: Zootaxa, 2936: 51–58. Preview

Links

• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus
• Monopterus species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Monopterus and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• ITIS

Vernacular names

English: Swamp Eels
ไทย: ปลาไหลนา, ปลาไหลบึง

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