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SpeciesSynbranchiformesSynbranchidae
Fish

🐟Asian swamp eel

Monopterus albus (Zuiew, 1793)

Täpläkutsa eli suoankerias (Monopterus albus) on muodoltaan käärmemäinen, suomuton kala, jolla ei ole rinta- eikä vatsaeviä, mutta jonka selkä- ja peräevät ovat pitkät. Pyrstöosa on voimakkaasti kapeneva. Täpläkutsan kidusaukot ovat sulautuneet yhdeksi raoksi ruumiin alapuolella. Kidukset ovat pienet, mutta kala pystyy hengittämään happea ilmasta suun suonikkaiden limakalvojen avulla. Aikuiset kalat ovat yleensä 25–40 cm:n pituisia, joskus lähes metrin.

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Also called
Monopterus albus, Rice swampeel
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2021.

Population trendUnknown
Key measurements
Body mass
not recorded
Body length
0.4 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
not recorded
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Body length
0.4 mrecord 1 m · FishBasetypical adult
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Record: largest individual on record

Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Trophic level
2.88
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Source: FishBase · v25.04, estimate table · CC BY-NC 4.0

Diet
carnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 2.88 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans
harmless
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Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderSynbranchiformes
  4. ›familySynbranchidae
  5. ›genusMonopterus
  6. ›speciesMonopterus albus
Full lineage
  1. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  2. suborderSynbranchoidei
  3. familySynbranchidae
  4. genusMonopterus
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  7. classActinopteri
  8. subclassNeopterygii
  9. orderAcanthomorphata
  10. orderSynbranchiformes
  11. suborderSynbranchoidei
  12. familySynbranchidae
  13. genusMonopterus
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鱔魚 (zh), ปลาไหลนา (th), Ostasiatischer Kiemenschlitzaal (de), タウナギ (ja), Lươn (vi), 드렁허리 (ko) … and 14 more languages
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