Monopterus
Encyclopedia
Monopterus is a genus of fish
in the Synbranchidae (Swamp eel) family.
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
in the Synbranchidae (Swamp eel) family.
Species
- Monopterus albusMonopterus albusMonopterus albus is an important air-breathing commercial species of fish in the Synbranchidae family...
— Swamp eel, Rice eel, White ricefield eel - Monopterus bouetiMonopterus bouetiMonopterus boueti is a species of fish in the Synbranchidae family. It is endemic to Liberia.-Source:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. . Downloaded on 4 August 2007....
— Liberian swamp eel - Monopterus cuchia — Cuchia, Rice eel, Swamp eel
- Monopterus desilvai Bailey & Gans, 1998
- Monopterus digressus Gopi, 2002
- Monopterus eapeni
- Monopterus fossorius — Malabar swamp eel
- Monopterus hodgarti — Indian spaghetti eel
- Monopterus ichthyophoides Britz et al., 2011
- Monopterus indicusMonopterus indicusMonopterus indicus is a species of fish in the Synbranchidae family. It is endemic to India.-Source:*Dahanukar, N. 2011. . In: IUCN 2011. . Version 2011.2. Downloaded on 27 November 2011....
— Bombay swamp eel - Monopterus roseni Bailey & Gans, 1998