| Monopterus | |
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| Monopterus albus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Synbranchiformes |
| Family: | Synbranchidae |
| Subfamily: | Synbranchinae |
| Genus: | Monopterus Lacépède, 1800 |
| Type species | |
| Monopterus javanicus Lacépède, 1800
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Monopterus is a genus of swamp eels native to Asia.[2] They live in various freshwater habitats and some have a fossorial lifestyle.[3]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Monopterus". FishBase. March 2017 version.
- ^ 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.