Asian swamp eel

Not to be confused with the rice-paddy eel (Pisodonophis boro).

Asian swamp eel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Synbranchiformes
Family: Synbranchidae
Genus: Monopterus
Species:
M. albus
Binomial name
Monopterus albus
(Zuiew, 1793)
Synonyms[2]
  • Muraena alba Zuiew, 1793
  • Fluta alba (Zuiew, 1793)
  • Synbranchus grammicus Cantor, 1842
  • Gymnotus albus Zuiew, 1789
  • Monopterus javanensis Lacepède, 1800
  • Unibranchapertura laevis Lacepède, 1803
  • Monopterus laevis (Lacepède, 1803)
  • Ophicardia phayriana 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
  • Apterigia saccogularis Basilewsky, 1855
  • Apterigia nigromaculata Basilewsky, 1855
  • Apterigia immaculata Basilewsky, 1855

The Asian swamp eel (Monopterus albus), also known as rice eel, ricefield eel, rice paddy eel[3] or white rice-field eel,[1] is a commercially important air-breathing species of fish in the family Synbranchidae. It occurs in East and Southeast Asia, where it is commonly sold and eaten throughout the region. It has been introduced to two areas near the Everglades in Florida and near Atlanta in Georgia.

  1. ^ a b Ame, E.C.; Ballad, E.L. & Kesner-Reyes, K. (2021). "Monopterus albus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T166148A162163341. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T166148A162163341.en. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
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