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Monopterus albus (Zuiew, 1793)

Asian swamp eel
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China country information

Common names: 鱔魚, 鳝鱼, 黃鱔
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref:
Aquaculture: commercial | Ref: Ma, X., X. Bangxi, W. Yindong and W. Mingxue, 2003
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Recorded from the Mekong basin in Yunnan (Ref. 27732) and in freshwater systems of Guangdong Province (Ref. 41252). Introduced from its native range to other regions in the country (intensive culture in ponds and ricefields)(Ref. 55380). Also Ref. 1739, 4833, 26561, 35840, 36654, 41093, 41236, 85799.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ch.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kottelat, M., 1998
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classificação / Names Nomes comuns | Sinônimos | Catalog of Fishes(Gênero, Espécies) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Synbranchiformes (Spiny eels) > Synbranchidae (Swamp-eels)
Etymology: Monopterus: Greek, monos = one, unique + Greek, pteron = fin (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

; Água doce; estuarina demersal; potamódromo (Ref. 51243); intervalo de profundidade 3 - ? m (Ref. 2686).   Tropical; 25°C - 28°C (Ref. 2060); 34°N - 6°S

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