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Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Synbranchiformes
Family: Synbranchidae Swamp-eels


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Macrotrema caligans Asia 1849
Monopterus albus Asian swamp eel Asia 100 SL 1793
Monopterus bicolor Asia 2005
Monopterus dienbienensis Asia 2005
Ophichthys cuchia Cuchia Asia 79.7 TL 1822
Ophichthys desilvai Desilva's blind eel Asia 1998
Ophichthys fossorius Malabar swampeel Asia 23 TL 1951
Ophichthys hodgarti Indian spaghetti-eel Asia 22 TL 1913
Ophichthys ichthyophoides Asia 18.7 SL 2011
Ophichthys indicus Bombay swampeel Asia 8.5 TL 1961
Ophichthys terricolus South Asia 2023
Ophisternon aenigmaticum Obscure swamp eel Central America 80 TL 1976
Ophisternon afrum Guinea swamp eel Africa 53.5 TL 1909
Ophisternon bengalense Bengal eel Asia and Oceania 100 TL 1844
Ophisternon berlini Berlin’s bloodworm eel North America 16.7 TL 2024
Ophisternon candidum Blind cave eel Oceania 40 TL 1962
Ophisternon gutturale Australian swamp eel Oceania 60 TL 1845
Ophisternon infernale Blind swamp eel Central America 1938
Rakthamichthys digressus Asia 2002
Rakthamichthys indicus Asia 16 TL 1963
Rakthamichthys mumba South Asia; India, Mahara 2021
Rakthamichthys rongsaw Asia 17.9 TL 2018
Rakthamichthys roseni Asia 16 TL 1998
Synbranchus lampreia Spotted swamp-eel South America 38 TL 2005
Synbranchus madeirae South America 100 TL 1972
Synbranchus marmoratus Marbled swamp eel Central and South America 150 TL 1795
Typhlosynbranchus boueti Liberian swamp eel Africa 34 TL 1922
Typhlosynbranchus luticolus Africa 20.9 TL 2016



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