Species Monopterus albus (Zuiew, 1793)

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External Links

• Muraena alba Zuiew, B. 1793. Biga muraenarum, novae species descriptae. Nova Acta Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae 7: 296-301 figs & pls [not seen, authors name often as Zouiev] [299, pl. 7, fig. 2].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZIL uncat. (Dhalberg Collection, whereabouts unknown), No locality stated [Suriname].

  Type locality references:

  Eschmeyer, W.N. 2011. Catalog of Fishes. Online version updated 29 March 2011. http://research.calacademy.org/redirect?url=http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp.
• Monopterus javanensis Lacépède, B.G. 1800. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : chez Plassan Vol. 2 632 pp. 20 pls. [138].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Sunda Strait, Java, Indonesia.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Rosen, D.E. & Greenwood, P.H. 1976. A fourth neotropical species of synbranchid eel and the phylogeny and systematics of synbranchiform fishes. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 157(1): 5-69 figs 1-67 [56]

 

Generic Combinations

• Flutea alba (Zuiew, 1793) [the genus should be Fluta]. —
  McCulloch, A.R. 1930. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5(1–4): 1-534 [63]
  Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [(44) 308]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Cape York Peninsula to Townsville, QLD; tropical, west Pacific. The species is uncommon in Australia and may have been introduced. Monopterus albus is invasive in many parts of the world.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1989. Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Neptune, New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications 240 pp., 63 pls. [118]

Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp. [173]

Hoese, D.F. & Gates, J.E. 2006. Family Synbranchidae. pp. 859-861 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [860]

McCulloch, A.R. 1930. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5(1–4): 1-534 [63] (as Flutea alba)

Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [179]

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [44] (308, as Flutea alba)

Pusey, B.J., Kennard, M.J. & Arthington, A.H. 2004. Freshwater Fishes of North-eastern Australia. Collingwood, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing 684 pp. [276]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [36] (334)

 

Common Name References

Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [179] (Belut)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Belut)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
20-May-2011		20-May-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)