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 (13): M. albus – M. bicolor – M. boueti – M. cuchia – M. desilvai – M. dienbienensis – M. digressus – M. eapeni – M. fossorius – M. hodgarti – M. ichthyophoides – M. indicus – M. roseni
Name
Monopterus Lacépède, 1800 :138
Gender: masculine
Type species: Monopterus javanensis Lacépède 1800
Type by monotypy
Synonymy
Amphipnous Müller, 1841
Apterigia Basilewsky, 1855
Cryptophthalmus V. Franz, 1910
Cuchia Hamilton, 1831
Fluta Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Ophicardia McClelland, 1844
Ophichthys Swainson, 1839
Pneumabranchus McClelland, 1844
Typhlosynbranchus Pellegrin, 1922
References
Lacepède, B.G.E. 1800: Histoire naturelle des poissons. 2 : i-lxiv + 1-632, Pls. 1-20.
2011: Zootaxa, 2936: 51–58. Preview
Links
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Nomenclator Zoologicus
Monopterus species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Monopterus and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
ITIS
Vernacular names
English: Swamp Eels
ไทย: ปลาไหลนา, ปลาไหลบึง
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:
M. albus (Zuiew, 1793) (Asian swamp eel)
M. bicolor H. D. Nguyễn & V. H. Nguyễn, 2005
M. dienbienensis V. H. Nguyễn & H. D. Nguyễn, 2005
M. javanensis Lacépède, 1800
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
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 and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Monopterus in 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.
"Ophichthys desilvai, a poorly known synbranchid eel from Sri Lanka (Teleostei: Synbranchidae)". Pfeil Verlag (in German). Retrieved 2021-01-29.
"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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