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Scientific Name	**Monopterus albus** (Zuiew, 1793)
Common Name	Asian Swamp Eel
Type Locality	No locality stated [Suriname].
Synonym(s)	Aptergia immaculata, Aptergia nigromaculata, Apterigia immaculata, Apterigia nigromaculata, Apterigia saccogularis, Cryptophthalmus robustus, Fluta alba, Monopterus cinereus, Monopterus helvolus, Monopterus javanensis, Monopterus laevis, Monopterus marmoratus, Monopterus xanthognathus, Muraena alba, Ophicardia phayriana, Ophicardia phyariana, Ophicardia xanthognatha, Pneumabranchus cinereus, Symbranchus grammicus
Etymology	Monopterus: Greek, monos = one, unique + Greek, pteron = fin.
Species Information
Size	1000mm or 39.4" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Asia: India to China, Japan, Malaysia and Indonesia. Probably occurring in Bangladesh.
IUCN Red List Category	Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2020.
Husbandry Information
Breeding	Male builds a large free-floating bubblenest among the submerged vegetation close to the shoreline; eggs are spat into the nest after being laid; male guards the nest and continues to guard the young after hatching till they are on their own.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Nova Acta Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae v. 7 (for 1789), pp 299, Pl. 7 (fig. 2).
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 01 13:06 (species record created: 2014 Nov 13 23:21)