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Monopterus albus (Zuiew, 1793)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Synbranchiformes
family
Synbranchidae
genus
Monopterus
species
Monopterus albus

Name

Synonyms
Aptergia immaculata Basilewsky, 1855
Aptergia nigromaculata Basilewsky, 1855
Apterigia immaculata Basilewsky, 1855
Apterigia nigromaculata Basilewsky, 1855
Apterigia saccogularis Basilewsky, 1855
Cryptophthalmus robustus Franz, 1910
Fluta alba (Zuiew, 1793)
Gymnotus albus Zuiew, 1789
Monopterus cinereus (McClelland, 1844)
Monopterus helvolus Richardson, 1846
Monopterus javanensis Lacepède, 1800
Monopterus laevis (Lacepède, 1803)
Monopterus marmoratus Richardson, 1846
Monopterus xanthognathus (Richardson, 1845)
Muraena alba Zuiew, 1793
Ophicardia phayriana McClelland, 1844
Ophicardia phyariana McClelland, 1844
Ophicardia xanthognatha (Richardson, 1845)
Pneumabranchus cinereus McClelland, 1844
Symbranchus grammicus Cantor, 1842
Homonyms
Monopterus albus (Zuiew, 1793)
Common names
Asian swamp eel in English
Asian swamp eel in English
Asian swamp eel in English
Asian swamp eel in English
rice eel in English
rice eel in language.
swamp eel in English
swamp eel in language.
white ricefield eel in English
white ricefield eel in language.
អន្ទង់ in Central Khmer
Rice Swampeel in English
Asian Swamp Eel in English
Asian swamp eel in English
Belut in Malay
Belut in Indonesian
Con lu'o'n in Vietnamese
I'en in Lao
Ian in Lao
Ikan Belut in Malay
Lai in English
Lai in Thai
Luon in Vietnamese
Lươn in Vietnamese
Lươn đồng in Vietnamese
Pa lai in English
Pla Lai in Thai
Rice Eel in English
Rice Eel Kiwet in English
Rice Field Eel in English
Rice Paddy Eel in English
Swamp Eel in English
Ta-unagi in Japanese
Welut in Javanese
White Rice-field Eel in English
ปลาไหล in Thai
タウナギ in Japanese
鳝鱼 in Chinese
드렁허리 in Korean

Bibliographic References

  1. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2003: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
  3. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
  4. Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG)c, http://www.iucngisd.org/gisd/speciesname/Monopterus+albus#
  5. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  6. Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386.
  7. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: World Fishes Important to North Americans Exclusive of Species from the Continental Waters of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 21. 243.
  8. Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.
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