IRMNG - Monopterus Lacepède, 1800

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Monopterus Lacepède, 1800

IRMNG_ID

1307818 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1307818)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Synbranchidae Bonaparte, 1835

Synonymised names

Amphipnous Müller, 1841 · unaccepted

Aptergia · unaccepted (misspelling)

Apterigia Basilewsky, 1855 · unaccepted

Couchia Agassiz, 1846 · unaccepted

Cryptophthalmus Franz, 1910 · unaccepted

Cuchia Hamilton in Taylor, 1831 · unaccepted

Fluta Bloch & Schneider, 1801 · unaccepted

Ophicardia McClelland, 1844 · unaccepted

Ophichthys Swainson, 1839 · unaccepted (synonym)

Pneumabranchus McClelland, 1844 · unaccepted

Pneumobranchus Lütken, 1852 · unaccepted

Typhlosynbranchus Pellegrin, 1922 · unaccepted

Unagius Jordan, 1919 · unaccepted

Direct children (18)

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Species Monopterus albus (Zuiew, 1793)
Species Monopterus boueti (Pellegrin, 1922)
Species Monopterus cuchia (Hamilton, 1822)
Species Monopterus desilvai Bailey & Gans, 1998
Species Monopterus digressus Gopi, 2002
Species Monopterus eapeni Talwar, 1991
Species Monopterus fossorius (Nayar, 1951)
Species Monopterus hodgarti (Chaudhuri, 1913)
Species Monopterus indicus (Silas & Dawson, 1961)
Species Monopterus roseni Bailey & Gans, 1998
Species Monopterus alba (Zuiew, 1793) accepted as Monopterus albus (Zuiew, 1793)
Species Monopterus cinereus (McClelland, 1844) accepted as Monopterus albus (Zuiew, 1793)
Species Monopterus helvolus Richardson, 1846 accepted as Monopterus albus (Zuiew, 1793)
Species Monopterus indicus Eapen, 1963 accepted as Monopterus eapeni Talwar, 1991
Species Monopterus javanensis Lacepède, 1800 accepted as Monopterus albus (Zuiew, 1793)
Species Monopterus laevis (Lacepède, 1803) accepted as Monopterus albus (Zuiew, 1793)
Species Monopterus marmoratus Richardson, 1846 accepted as Monopterus albus (Zuiew, 1793)
Species Monopterus xanthognathus (Richardson, 1845) accepted as Monopterus albus (Zuiew, 1793)

Environment

~~marine~~, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Hist. Nat. Poiss., 2
page(s): 138 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Authority cited elsewhere as Lacépède, 1800.

Taxonomic remark Authority cited elsewhere as Lacépède, 1800. [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2022). Monopterus Lacepède, 1800. Accessed at: https://irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1307818 on 2024-11-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2016-11-22 11:10:04Z

changed

db_admin

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original description Hist. Nat. Poiss., 2
page(s): 138 [details]

basis of record SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

verified source for family Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

current name source Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

extant flag source SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998 [details]

habitat flag source FishBase [details]

original description (of Pneumabranchus McClelland, 1844) Calcutta J. Nat. Hist., 4 (15)
page(s): 410 [details]

original description (of Apterigia Basilewsky, 1855) Nouv. mém. Soc. Moscou, 10
page(s): 247 [details]

original description (of Couchia Agassiz, 1846) Agassiz, L. (1846). Nomenclatoris zoologici index universalis. Jent & Gassman. viii + 393 pp. [1847]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33664307 [details]

original description (of Fluta Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M. E. & Schneider, J. G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae Iconibus cx Ilustratum. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum. Berolini. 584 p., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.5750
page(s): 565 [details]

original description (of Ophichthys Swainson, 1839) N. H. Fishes, etc., 2, 196 (as Ophicthys; also as Ophichthys p. 336). [details]

original description (of Pneumobranchus Lütken, 1852) Arch. Naturgesch., 18 (1)
page(s): 259 [details]

original description (of Unagius Jordan, 1919) Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., 70, 1918
page(s): 343 [details]

original description (of Cuchia Hamilton in Taylor, 1831) in Taylor, Edinb. J. Sci., (2) 5 (1)
page(s): 42 [details]

original description (of Typhlosynbranchus Pellegrin, 1922) C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 174
page(s): 884 [details]

original description (of Ophicardia McClelland, 1844) Calcutta J. Nat. Hist., 5 (18)
page(s): 175 [details]

original description (of Cryptophthalmus Franz, 1910) Abh. Bayer. Akad., Suppl., 4, no. 1, 15
page(s): 97 [details]

original description (of Amphipnous Müller, 1841) Arch. Anat. Physiol. Med., 1840
page(s): 117 [details]

Unreviewed

Descriptive info From FishBase: Freshwater + Brackish. FishBase flag: All Freshwater. [details]

Habitat Marine and nonmarine [details]

Taxonomic remark Authority cited elsewhere as Lacépède, 1800. [details]

Type species as cited Monopterus javanensis Lacepède 1800 [details]

To BioNames database (from synonym Unagius Jordan, 1919)
To BioNames database (from synonym Typhlosynbranchus Pellegrin, 1922)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Typhlosynbranchus Pellegrin, 1922)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Unagius Jordan, 1919)
To WoRMS (from synonym Fluta Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To WoRMS (from synonym Ophichthys Swainson, 1839)
To WoRMS (from synonym Ophicardia McClelland, 1844)
To WoRMS (from synonym Amphipnous Müller, 1841)
To WoRMS (from synonym Aptergia)
To WoRMS (from synonym Apterigia Basilewsky, 1855)
To WoRMS
To WoRMS (from synonym Pneumabranchus McClelland, 1844)