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Scientific Name Monopterus albus  (Zuiew, 1793)
Common Name Asian Swamp Eel
Type Locality No locality stated [Suriname].
Etymology Monopterus: Greek, monos = one, unique + Greek, pteron = fin. 
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Size 1000mm or 39.4" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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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.
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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.
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Reference Nova Acta Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae v. 7 (for 1789), pp 299, Pl. 7 (fig. 2).
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Last Update 2015 Jun 20 11:40 (species record created: 2014 Nov 13 23:21)