Monopterus
Monopterus albus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Synbranchiformes
Family: Synbranchidae
Subfamily: Synbranchinae
Genus: Monopterus
Lacépède, 1800
Type species
Monopterus javanicus
Synonyms[1]
  • Amphipnous Müller, 1840
  • Apterigia Basilewsky, 1855
  • Cryptophthalmus Franz, 1910
  • Fluta Bloch & Schneider, 1801
  • Ophicardia McClelland, 1844
  • Pneumabranchus McClelland, 1843
  • Unagius Jordan, 1919

Monopterus is a genus of swamp eels native to Asia.[2] They live in various freshwater habitats and some have a fossorial lifestyle.[3]

Species

Four recognized species are placed in this genus:

Six species from South Asia (M. cuchia, M. desilvai, M. hodgarti, M. fossorius, M. ichthyophoides, and M. indicus) have been reclassified to the genus Ophichthys.[4] Four fossorial or subterranean species (M. digressus, M. eapeni, M. rongsaw, and M. roseni) from India have been reclassified to the genus Rakthamichthys.[5] Two species from Africa (M. boueti and M. luticolus) have been reclassified to the genus Typhlosynbranchus.[5]

References

  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Synbranchidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Monopterus in FishBase. March 2017 version.
  3. ^ Britz, R., Doherty-Bone, T.M., Kouete, M.T., Sykes, D. & Gower, D.J. (2016): Monopterus luticolus, a new species of swamp eel from Cameroon (Teleostei: Synbranchidae). Archived 2016-12-24 at the Wayback Machine Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 27 (4): 309-323.
  4. ^ "Ophichthys desilvai, a poorly known synbranchid eel from Sri Lanka (Teleostei: Synbranchidae)". Pfeil Verlag (in German). Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  5. ^ a b "Osteology of 'Monopterus' roseni with the description of Rakthamichthys, new genus, and comments on the generic assignment of the Amphipnous Group species (Teleostei: Synbranchiformes)". Dr. Friedrich Pfeil Publishing. Retrieved 2021-01-28.


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