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Monopterus albus (Zuiew, 1793)

Asian swamp eel
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Philippines country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref: Herre, A.W.C.T., 1953
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Uses: no uses
Comments: According to Herre, Fowler 1918 (Ref. 2199) recorded the fish from the Philippine Islands with the specimen placed in the Philadelphia Commercial Museum. Occurs in freswater streams and rice paddies of the larger islands (Ref. 12748). Reported from Luzon (Ref. 26129).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Herre, A.W.C.T., 1953
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | 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 Ecología

; agua dulce; salobre demersal; potamodromo (Ref. 51243); rango de profundidad 3 - ? m (Ref. 2686).   Tropical; 25°C - 28°C (Ref. 2060); 34°N - 6°S

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