Monopterus desilvai
Monopterus desilvai (lesser swamp eel) is a commercially important, air-breathing species of fish in the family Synbranchidae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.[2]
| Monopterus desilvai | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Synbranchiformes |
| Family: | Synbranchidae |
| Genus: | Monopterus |
| Species: | M. desilvai |
| Binomial name | |
| Monopterus desilvai | |
During reproduction, the male guards and builds nest or burrow.[3]
The specific name honours the Sri Lankan herpetologist Pilippu Hewa Don Hemasiri de Silva (b. 1927), who has been director of the National Museums of Ceylon, in recognition to the help and advice he gave to Carl Gans when he was conducting fieldwork in Sri Lanka.[4][1]
References
- Reeve M. Bailey & Carl Gans (1998). "Two new synbranchid fishes, Monopterus roseni from Peninsular India and M. desilvai from Sri Lanka" (PDF). Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan (726): 1–18.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Monopterus desilvai" in FishBase. December 2011 version.
- http://www.discoverlife.org/20/q?search=Monopterus+desilvai
- Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (17 June 2019). "Order SYNBRANCHIFORMES: Families SYNBRANCHIDAE, CHAUDHURIIDAE, MASTACEMBELIDAE and INDOSTOMIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
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