Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
The marbled swamp eel is one of the few fish found up-river of large waterfalls and is a major predator of tadpoles in locations that other fish cannot access. It is a sequential hermaphrodite , and this is an advantage when it colonises new areas or encounters severe habitats. [ 3 ]
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.
Synbranchus is a genus of swamp eels native to Central and South America. Species. There are currently three recognized species in this genus: [3]
Monopterus is a genus of swamp eels native to Asia. [2] They live in various freshwater habitats and some have a fossorial lifestyle. [3] Species.
Back on November 1st, an Emperor penguin was found on a popular beach in Australia, 2,100 miles away from his home in Antarctica. The video shocked people and left us all wondering how in the ...
Ophichthys ichthyophoides (Britz, Lalremsanga, Lalrotluanga & Lalramliana, 2011) (scaled swamp eel) [6] Ophichthys indicus ( Silas & E. Dawson , 1961) (Bombay swamp eel) Ophichthys terricolus