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Monopterus albus
Sign in to saveAlso known as Swamp eel, Asian swamp eel, Rice eel, White ricefield eel
species of fish
Species
Least ConcernAsian swamp eel
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSynbranchiformes
- FamilySynbranchidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 543
- With media
- 56
- Family
- Synbranchidae
- Collections
- TCWC, USNM, CAS, CUMV, YPM, NCSM
- Recorded in
- Cambodia, Myanmar, Brunei, Thailand, China, Malaysia, United States, Indonesia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Monopterus
- Image
- Monopterus albus 2.jpg
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- taxon range
- Yangtze
- taxon rank
- species
- taxon name
- Monopterus albus
- Commons category
- Monopterus albus
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- Commons gallery
- Monopterus albus
- taxon common name
- 黄鳝
- described by source
- Gujin Tushu Jicheng
- sequenced genome URL
- www.ensembl.org/Monopterus_albus
- short name
- M. albus
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Encyclopedic overview
The Asian swamp eel (Monopterus albus), also known as rice eel, ricefield eel, rice paddy eel or white rice-field eel, is a commercially important air-breathing species of fish in the family Synbranchidae. It occurs in East and Southeast Asia, where it is commonly sold and eaten throughout the region. It has been introduced to two areas near the Everglades in Florida and near Atlanta in Georgia.
Taxonomy
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