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Class: Teleostei
Order: Synbranchiformes
Family: Synbranchidae Swamp-eels

Genus: Monopterus

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15 species (see list below)
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Photo by Vidthayanon, C.

Asia
Max. Length 100 cm SL
Monopterus albus (Zuiew, 1793)

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Monopterus albus
[Asian swamp eel]
No picture found
 
Monopterus bicolor
[]

Photo by MNHN

Africa
Max. Length 34 cm TL
Monopterus boueti (Pellegrin, 1922)

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Monopterus boueti
[Liberian swamp eel]

Photo by Rahman, A.K.A.

Asia
Max. Length 79.7 cm TL
Monopterus cuchia (Hamilton, 1822)

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Monopterus cuchia
[Cuchia]

Photo by Ramani Shirantha

Asia

Monopterus desilvai Bailey & Gans, 1998

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Monopterus desilvai
[Desilva's blind eel]
No picture found
 
Monopterus dienbienensis
[]

Photo by Vincent, M.

Asia

Monopterus digressus Gopi, 2002

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Monopterus digressus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 16 cm TL
 
Monopterus eapeni
[]

Photo by Vincent, M.

Asia
Max. Length 23 cm TL
Monopterus fossorius (Nayar, 1951)

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Monopterus fossorius
[Malabar swampeel]
No picture found

Max. Length 22 cm TL
 
Monopterus hodgarti
[Indian spaghetti-eel]
No picture found

Max. Length 18.7 cm SL
 
Monopterus ichthyophoides
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 8.5 cm TL
 
Monopterus indicus
[Bombay swampeel]
No picture found

Max. Length 20.9 cm TL
 
Monopterus luticolus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 17.9 cm TL
 
Monopterus rongsaw
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 16 cm TL
 
Monopterus roseni
[]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Monopterus albus Asian swamp eel Asia 100 SL 1793
Monopterus bicolor Asia 2005
Monopterus boueti Liberian swamp eel Africa 34 TL 1922
Monopterus cuchia Cuchia Asia 79.7 TL 1822
Monopterus desilvai Desilva's blind eel Asia 1998
Monopterus dienbienensis Asia 2005
Monopterus digressus Asia 2002
Monopterus eapeni Asia 16 TL 1991
Monopterus fossorius Malabar swampeel Asia 23 TL 1951
Monopterus hodgarti Indian spaghetti-eel Asia 22 TL 1913
Monopterus ichthyophoides Asia 18.7 SL 2011
Monopterus indicus Bombay swampeel Asia 8.5 TL 1961
Monopterus luticolus Africa 20.9 TL 2016
Monopterus rongsaw Asia 17.9 TL 2018
Monopterus roseni Asia 16 TL 1998



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