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The marbled swamp eel, Synbranchus marmoratus, has been recorded at up to 150 cm (59 in) in length, [5] while the Bombay swamp eel, Monopterus indicus, reaches no more than 8.5 cm (3.3 in). Swamp eels are almost entirely finless; the pectoral and pelvic fins are absent, the dorsal and anal fins are vestigial, reduced to rayless ridges, and the ...
The Asian swamp eel is a freshwater, eel-like fish belonging to the family Synbranchidae (swamp eels). [ 4 ] Some work indicates that the species should be split into three geographical clades or cryptic species , although these were not given nomenclatural names, as the taxonomic synonymy was too complex to sort out at the time.
Synbranchiformes, often called swamp eels, though that name can also refer specifically to Synbranchidae, is an order of ray-finned fishes that are eel-like but have spiny rays, indicating that they belong to the superorder Acanthopterygii.
The marbled swamp eel has an elongated cylindrical body and can grow to a maximum length of about 150 cm (60 in), although a more normal adult length is 50 cm (20 in). The dorsal and anal fins are vestigial and the paired pectoral and pelvic fins are missing altogether. [2]
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Ophisternon aenigmaticum D. E. Rosen & Greenwood, 1976 (Obscure swamp eel) Ophisternon afrum (Boulenger, 1909) (Guinea swamp eel) Ophisternon bengalense McClelland, 1844 (Bengal eel) Ophisternon candidum (Mees, 1962) (Blind cave eel) Ophisternon gutturale (J. Richardson, 1845) (Australian swamp eel) Ophisternon infernale (C. L. Hubbs, 1938 ...
The Malabar swamp eel (Rakthamichthys indicus) (not to be confused with Ophichthys fossorius, also known as the Malabar swampeel) is a species of troglobitic swamp eel endemic to subterranean springs in Kottayam in the Indian state of Kerala.
Hundreds of alligators swarmed Okefenokee Swamp in Fargo, Georgia last week and the video is making viewers uneasy. WSB-TV in Atlanta shared a video on Facebook on Thursday, July 18th shot by a ...