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Monopterus

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

Monopterus is a genus of swamp eels native to Asia.[2] They live in various freshwater habitats and some have a fossorial lifestyle.[3]

Species

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Four recognized species are placed in this genus:

Six species from South Asia (M. cuchia, M. desilvai, M. hodgarti, M. fossorius, M. ichthyophoides, and M. indicus) have been reclassified to the genus Ophichthys.[4] Four fossorial or subterranean species (M. digressus, M. eapeni, M. rongsaw, and M. roseni) from India have been reclassified to the genus Rakthamichthys.[5] Two species from Africa (M. boueti and M. luticolus) have been reclassified to the genus Typhlosynbranchus.[5]

References

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  1. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Synbranchidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Monopterus". 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. ↑ "Ophichthys desilvai, a poorly known synbranchid eel from Sri Lanka (Teleostei: Synbranchidae)". Pfeil Verlag (in German). Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  5. 1 2 "Osteology of 'Monopterus' roseni with the description of Rakthamichthys, new genus, and comments on the generic assignment of the Amphipnous Group species (Teleostei: Synbranchiformes)". Dr. Friedrich Pfeil Publishing. Retrieved 2021-01-28.


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