Monopterus ichthyophoides

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Synbranchiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Anabantaria Ordo: Synbranchiformes

Familia: Synbranchidae
Genus: Monopterus
Species: Monopterus ichthyophoides

Name

Monopterus ichthyophoides Britz, Lalremsanga, Lalrotluanga & Lalramliana, 2011: 52, Figs. 1-4

Holotype: PUCMF 3005.

Type locality: Sawleng River, a tributary of Tuirial River in the vicinity of Sawleng, 23°58'52"N, 92°55'14"E, Barak River drainage, Mizoram, India.

References

• Britz, R. , H.T. Lalremsanga, Lalrotluanga & Lalramliana, 2011: Monopterus ichthyophoides, a new species of scaled swamp eel (Teleostei: Synbranchiformes: Synbranchidae) from Mizoram, India. Zootaxa, 2936: 51–58. Abstract.
• Monopterus ichthyophoides in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Scaled Swamp Eel