Serial no: 1497
Status: Basic
Last update: 2024-10-26

ອ່ຽນ
Asian swamp eel

Monopterus albus (Zuiew, 1793)


Animals
Fish

1 / 1
Image 1


Local name:
Cambodian: អន្ទង់ Eng: Asian swamp eel, swamp eel, rice eel, or white ricefield eel Thai: ไหล ไหลนา เอี่ยน Viet: Lươn đồng

Synonyms :
Fluta alba (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Monopterus javanicus (Lacépède, 1800)

Family:
Synbranchidae

Close relatives:

Description:

Ecology
Global distribution:
N/A

Distribution in Laos :
Northern Mekong Corridor

Landscape units :

Endemism in Laos:
N/A

Invasiveness :
N/A

IUCN status :
Least concern

Lao official status :
N/A

Use
Use types:
Food

Comments on use types:

Domestication:
N/A

Seasonal availability:

Management:
N/A

Value chains:
N/A

Nutrition
Nutritional values:

Comments on nutritional values:
N/A

Nutrient /100g Remark
Proteins N/A N/A
Carbohydrates N/A N/A
Fats N/A N/A
Vitamins N/A N/A
Minerals N/A N/A
Fibers N/A N/A

References
Photo credits:

References:
Akahane H, Setasuban P, Nuamtanong S, Horiuchi S, Koga M, Kojima S (1995). "A new type of advanced third-stage larvae of the genus Gnathostoma in freshwater eels, Fluta alba, from Nakhon Nayok, central Thailand". Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 26 (4): 743–7.
Tran Phu Manh Sieu; Tran Thi Kim Dung; Nguyen Thi Quynh Nga; Tran Vinh Hien; Anders Dalsgaard; Jitra Waikagul; K. Darwin Murrell (2009). "Prevalence of Gnathostoma spinigerum Infection in wild and cultured swamp eels in Vietnam". Journal of Parasitology. 95 (1): 246–248.
Nelson, J.S., 1994. Fishes of the world. Third edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York. 600 p.

Factsheet creator:

Factsheet reviewer: