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Monopterus albus (white ricefield eel; Swamp eel; Rice swampeel; Rice paddy eel; Rice eel; Rice (paddy) field eel; Lai; Belut; Asian swamp eel)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The Asian swamp eel, swamp eel, rice eel, or white ricefield eel(Monopterus albus) is a commercially important, air-breathing species of fish in the Synbranchidae family. Originating in the waters of East and Southeast Asia, it has been identified as an invasive species in the North American Everglades.
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Invasive Species

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Attributes

Adult Length [1]  39 inches (100 cm)
Migration [2]  Potamodromous
Diet [2]  Planktivore, Detritivore, Carnivore (Invertebrates)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Apalachicola United States Nearctic Temperate Floodplain River and Wetlands    
Florida Peninsula United States Nearctic Tropical and Subtropical Coastal Rivers    

Protected Areas

Predators

Amblonyx cinereus cinereus (Oriental Small-clawed Otter)[3]
Homalopsis mereljcoxi (Puff-faced Water Snake, Masked Water Snake)[4]
Hypsiscopus plumbea (Rice Paddy Snake)[4]

Consumers

Range Map

External References

Citations

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♦ 1Frimpong, E.A., and P. L. Angermeier. 2009. FishTraits: a database of ecological and life-history traits of freshwater fishes of the United States. Fisheries 34:487-495.
♦ 2Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 3Kanchanasaka, B. and Duplaix, N. (2011). Food Habits of the Hairy-nosed otter (Lutra sumatrana) and the Small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinereus) in Pru Toa Daeng Peat Swamp Forest, Southern Thailand. Proceedings of Xth International Otter Colloquium, IUCN Otter Spec. Group Bull. 28A: 139 - 161
♦ 4The prey and predators of Homalopsine snakes, HAROLD K. VORIS and JOHN C. MURPHY, Journal of Natural History, 2002, 36, 1621–1632
♦ 5Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0