Species FAO code: FLT

Monopterus albus

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Commercial designations
Production methods and fishing gears
Species distribution and habitat
Species description
Combined Nomenclature

Commercial designations

Country	Commercial designations	Names accepted or permitted locally or regionally
Austria	de Ostasiatischer Kiemenschlitzaal [Fluta alba synonym for Monopterus albus] de Ostasiatischer Kiemenschlitzaal	–
Denmark	da Risål	–
Germany	de Ostasiatischer Kiemenschlitzaal [Fluta alba synonym for Monopterus albus]	–
Sweden	sv Risål	–

Main production methods

Caught
Farmed

Main fishing gears

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Monopterus albus (Zuiew, 1793)

Habitat

Freshwater
Brackish water

FAO major fishing areas

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Monopterus albus (Zuiew, 1793)

Scientific name

Monopterus albus

Author

(Zuiew, 1793)

Rank

Species

FAO code

FLT

Morphological description

Anguilliform body; no scales; no pectoral and pelvic fins; dorsal, caudal and anal fins confluent and reduced to a skin fold; gill openings merged into single slit underneath the head (Ref. 27732). Rice paddy eels are red to brown with a sprinkling of dark flecks across their backs; large mouths and small eyes (Ref. 44091).

Taxonomic classification

ClassActinopterygii
- OrderSynbranchiformes
  - FamilySynbranchidae
    - GenusMonopterus
      - SpeciesMonopterus albus

Synonyms

Symbranchus grammicus Cantor, 1842
Monopterus laevis (Lacepède, 1803)
Unibranchapertura laevis Lacepède, 1803
Muraena alba Zuiew, 1793
Synbranchus grammicus Cantor, 1842
Aptergia immaculata Basilewsky, 1855
Apterigia nigromaculata Basilewsky, 1855
Ophicardia xanthognatha (Richardson, 1845)
Apterigia saccogularis Basilewsky, 1855
Gymnotus albus Zuiew, 1789
Fluta alba (Zuiew, 1793)
Monopterus marmoratus Richardson, 1846
Pneumabranchus cinereus McClelland, 1844
Ophicardia phyariana McClelland, 1844
Aptergia nigromaculata Basilewsky, 1855
Monopterus xanthognathus (Richardson, 1845)
Monopterus javanensis Lacepède, 1800
Monopterus alba (Zuiew, 1793)
Apterigia immaculata Basilewsky, 1855
Monopterus cinereus (McClelland, 1844)
Synbranchus xanthognathus Richardson, 1845
Ophicardia phayriana McClelland, 1844
Monopterus helvolus Richardson, 1846

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Monopterus albus (Zuiew, 1793)

An annually revised goods classification scheme used in EU for the purposes of customs duty and foreign trade statistics. The scheme is based on the Harmonized System nomenclature, further extended with Community subdivisions. Each subdivision is identified by an eight-digit numerical code. Read more: Combined Nomenclature

03 — CHAPTER 3 - FISH AND CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS AND OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES
- 0301 — Live fish
  - Other live fish
    - 0301 99 — Other
      - Freshwater fish
        0301 99 18 — Other
- 0302 — Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304
  - Other fish, excluding livers and roes
    - 0302 89 — Other
      - 0302 89 10 — Freshwater fish
- 0303 — Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304
  - Other fish, excluding livers and roes
    - 0303 89 — Other
      - 0303 89 10 — Freshwater fish
- 0304 — Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh, chilled or frozen
  - Fresh or chilled fillets of other fish
    - 0304 49 — Other
      - 0304 49 10 — Freshwater fish
  - Other, fresh or chilled
    - 0304 59 — Other
      - 0304 59 10 — Freshwater fish
  - Frozen fillets of other fish
    - 0304 89 — Other
      - 0304 89 10 — Freshwater fish
  - Other, frozen
    - 0304 99 — Other
      - Other
        0304 99 21 — Freshwater fish

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Monopterus albus

Commercial designations

Main production methods

Main fishing gears

Hooks and lines

Pots and traps

Habitat

FAO major fishing areas

Area 2 - America, North - Inland waters

Area 4 - Asia - Inland waters

Area 6 - Oceania - Inland waters