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Asian swamp eel
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Not to be confused with the rice-paddy eel (Pisodonophis boro).
The Asian swamp eel (Monopterus albus), also known as rice eel, ricefield eel, rice paddy eel[3] or white rice-field eel,[1] is a commercially important air-breathing species of fish in the family Synbranchidae. It occurs in East and Southeast Asia, where it is commonly sold and eaten throughout the region. It has been introduced to two areas near the Everglades in Florida and near Atlanta in Georgia.
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Synbranchiformes |
Family: | Synbranchidae |
Genus: | Monopterus |
Species: | M. albus |
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Monopterus albus (Zuiew, 1793) | |
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