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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. |
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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Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is no record of this fish being seen. |
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Last Update | 2015 Jun 20 11:40 (species record created: 2014 Nov 13 23:21) |