Macrotrema caligans | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Synbranchiformes |
Family: | Synbranchidae |
Subfamily: | Macrotreminae Rosen & Greenwood, 1976 |
Genus: | Macrotrema Regan, 1912 |
Species: | M. caligans
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Binomial name | |
Macrotrema caligans (Cantor, 1849)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Symbranchus caligans Cantor, 1849 |
Macrotrema caligans is a species of swamp eel native to Peninsular Malaysia and the Mae Nam Chao Praya basin in Thailand. The male guards a nest in a burrow.[1] This species is the only known member of its genus.[2]