Monopterus albus

The status, affinity, scope or nomenclature of this taxon is disputed.

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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 albus

Name

Monopterus albus (Zuiew, 1793)

Syntypes: ZIL uncat. (Dhalberg Collection, whereabouts unknown).

Type locality: No locality stated [Suriname]. Originally from Suriname; needs neotype fixation to continue current usage. Distribution: Asia; introduced elsewhere.

Synonyms

Muraena alba Zuiew, 1793: 299
- Fluta alba (Zuiew, 1793)
Gymnotus albus Zuiew, 1789
Monopterus javanensis Lacepède, 1800
Unibranchapertura laevis Lacepède, 1803
Monopterus laevis (Lacepède, 1803)
Synbranchus grammicus Cantor, 1842
Symbranchus grammicus Cantor, 1842
Ophicardia phayriana McClelland, 1844
Ophicardia phyariana McClelland, 1844
Pneumabranchus cinereus McClelland, 1844
- Monopterus cinereus (McClelland, 1844)
Synbranchus xanthognathus Richardson, 1845
- Monopterus xanthognathus (Richardson, 1845)
- Ophicardia xanthognatha (Richardson, 1845)
Monopterus helvolus Richardson, 1846
Monopterus marmoratus Richardson, 1846
Aptergia immaculata Basilewsky, 1855
Apterigia saccogularis Basilewsky, 1855
Apterigia nigromaculata Basilewsky, 1855
Aptergia nigromaculata Basilewsky, 1855
Apterigia immaculata Basilewsky, 1855

References

Zuiew, B. 1793. Biga Mvraenarvm, novae species descriptae. Nova Acta Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae 7 (for 1789): 296–301. BHL Reference page.
Cai, X., Yu, S., Mipam, T., Zhang, X. & Yue, B. (in press): Phylogenetic lineages of Monopterus albus (Synbranchiformes: Synbranchidae) in China inferred from mitochondrial control region. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, Article first published online: 15 OCT 2012 DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12004
Monopterus albus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Vernacular names

Basa Bali: Lindung
English: Asian swamp eel
Bahasa Indonesia: Belut
한국어: 드렁허리
ไทย: ปลาไหล, ปลาไหลนา, ปลาไหลบึง