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Monopterus
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Monopterus

Monopterus is a genus of swamp eels mainly native to Asia, but with two species in Africa. They live in various freshwater habitats and some have digging lifestyle. Three species, M. eapeni, M. digressus and M. roseni, live in underground waters.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species

Asian Swamp Eel

speciesMonopterus albus

Sunda Swamp Eel

speciesMonopterus javanensis

Monopterus dienbienensis

speciesMonopterus dienbienensis

Monopterus bicolor

speciesMonopterus bicolor

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 53514.