Summary ²

The Asian swamp eel, swamp eel, rice eel, or white ricefield eel(Monopterus albus) is a commercially important, air-breathing species of fish in the Synbranchidae family. Originating in the waters of East and Southeast Asia, it has been identified as an invasive species in the North American Everglades.

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