Ecology and biology of the commercially valuable freshwater Asian swamp eel, Monopterus albus

• Main Authors: Sow, Ai Yin, Ismail, Ahmad, Zulkifli, Syaizwan Zahmir, Azmai, Mohammad Noor Amal, Hambali, Kamarul
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malaysian Nature Society’s 2018
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/72361/1/Ecology%20and%20biology%20of%20the%20commercially%20valuable%20freshwater%20Asian%20swamp%20eel%2C%20Monopterus%20albus.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/72361/; https://www.mnj.my/2018-2/

Asian swamp eel, Monopterus albus (Synbranchidae), a sex reversal, air-breathing and eel-like exotic fish is common in freshwater area of the East and Southeast Asia, and even has been reported in Florida waters in 1997. This fish is easily found in paddy fields, ponds, rivers and swampy areas. Peop...