Species details : Monopterus albus (Zuiew, 1793)

Accepted scientific name:
Monopterus albus (Zuiew, 1793) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Monopterus albus  (Zuiew, 1793)
Synonyms:
Aptergia immaculata Basilewsky, 1855 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Aptergia immaculata Basilewsky, 1855
Aptergia nigromaculata Basilewsky, 1855 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Aptergia nigromaculata Basilewsky, 1855
Apterigia immaculata Basilewsky, 1855 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Apterigia immaculata Basilewsky, 1855
Apterigia nigromaculata Basilewsky, 1855 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Apterigia nigromaculata Basilewsky, 1855
Apterigia saccogularis Basilewsky, 1855 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Apterigia saccogularis Basilewsky, 1855
Fluta alba (Zuiew, 1793) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Fluta alba (Zuiew, 1793)
Gymnotus albus Zuiew, 1789 (ambiguous synonym) 1 literature reference for Gymnotus albus Zuiew, 1789
Monopterus alba (Zuiew, 1793) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Monopterus alba (Zuiew, 1793)
Monopterus cinereus (McClelland, 1844) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Monopterus cinereus (McClelland, 1844)
Monopterus helvolus Richardson, 1846 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Monopterus helvolus Richardson, 1846
Monopterus javanensis Lacepède, 1800 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Monopterus javanensis Lacepède, 1800
Monopterus laevis (Lacepède, 1803) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Monopterus laevis (Lacepède, 1803)
Monopterus marmoratus Richardson, 1846 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Monopterus marmoratus Richardson, 1846
Monopterus xanthognathus (Richardson, 1845) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Monopterus xanthognathus (Richardson, 1845)
Muraena alba Zuiew, 1793 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Muraena alba Zuiew, 1793
Ophicardia phayriana McClelland, 1844 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Ophicardia phayriana McClelland, 1844
Ophicardia phyariana McClelland, 1844 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Ophicardia phyariana McClelland, 1844
Ophicardia xanthognatha (Richardson, 1845) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Ophicardia xanthognatha (Richardson, 1845)
Pneumabranchus cinereus McClelland, 1844 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Pneumabranchus cinereus McClelland, 1844
Symbranchus grammicus Cantor, 1842 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Symbranchus grammicus Cantor, 1842
Synbranchus grammicus Cantor, 1842 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Synbranchus grammicus Cantor, 1842
Synbranchus xanthognathus Richardson, 1845 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Synbranchus xanthognathus Richardson, 1845
Unibranchapertura laevis Lacepède, 1803 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Unibranchapertura laevis Lacepède, 1803
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Wong sin - Cantonese Hong Kong Click here to show the literature
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Risål - Danish Denmark Click here to show the literature
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Rice (paddy) field eel - English Hong Kong Click here to show the literature
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Rice eel - English USA Click here to show the literature
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Rice paddy eel - English Hawaii Click here to show the literature
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Rice swampeel - English India Click here to show the literature
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Swamp eel - English Hawaii Click here to show the literature
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Swamp eel - English Malaysia Click here to show the literature
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Swamp eel - English United Kingdom Click here to show the literature
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Swamp eel - English USA Click here to show the literature
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Suoankerias - Finnish Finland Click here to show the literature
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Täpläkutsa - Finnish Finland Click here to show the literature
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Ostasiatischer Kiemenschlitzaal - German Germany Click here to show the literature
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Ta-unagi - Japanese Japan Click here to show the literature
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タウナギ - Japanese Japan
Welut - Javanese Indonesia(Java) Click here to show the literature
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Andtong beng - Khmer Cambodia(Kompong Chhnang Province) Click here to show the literature
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Antong - Khmer Cambodia Click here to show the literature
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드렁허리 Deureongheori Korean - Click here to show the literature
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I'en - Laotian Laos Click here to show the literature
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Ian - Laotian Laos(Ban Hang Khone, Khong District, Champasak Province) Click here to show the literature
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Pa lai - Laotian Laos Click here to show the literature
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Belut - Malay (individual language) Indonesia Click here to show the literature
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Belut - Malay (individual language) Malaysia Click here to show the literature
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鱔魚 Shan yu Mandarin Chinese Taiwan Click here to show the literature
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鳝鱼 Shan yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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黃鱔 Huang shan Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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黃鱔 Huang shan Mandarin Chinese Taiwan Click here to show the literature
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黄鳝 - Mandarin Chinese - Click here to show the literature
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黄鳝 Huang shan Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Belobryukhiy ugor' - Russian Russia Click here to show the literature
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Угорь рисовый (=флюта белая) - Russian - Click here to show the literature
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Risål - Swedish Sweden Click here to show the literature
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Lai - Thai Thailand Click here to show the literature
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Pla lai - Thai Thailand Click here to show the literature
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ปลาไหล Pla lai Thai Thailand Click here to show the literature
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Con lu'o'n - Vietnamese Viet Nam Click here to show the literature
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Lươn - Vietnamese Viet Nam Click here to show the literature
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Lươn đồng - Vietnamese Viet Nam(Da River) Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Actinopterygii FishBase
Order Synbranchiformes FishBase
Family Synbranchidae FishBase
Genus Monopterus FishBase
Distribution: Asia: India to China, Japan, Malaysia and Indonesia. Probably occurring in Bangladesh.
Lifezones: Brackish,freshwater
Additional data: -
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 19-May-2014
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2015   99%
Bibliographic citation: Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds) (2025). FishBase (version Jan 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=4663
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:fd91e092-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401