swamp eels
synbranchiformes latin

Swamp eels survive even in the dry season when other nonnative species normally die.

The Asian swamp eels were first introduced to the Hawaiian islands around 1900.

Swamp eels were, of course, completely harmless, but Leck didn't see that as a good enough reason to pass up the chance to shoot something.

Swamp eels are an important host for Gnathostoma spinigerum.

Synbranchus is a genus of swamp eels native to Central and South America.

Adult and juvenile swamp eels are obligate air-breathers, while young absorb oxygen directly through the skin.

Ophisternon is a genus of swamp eels.

In China, Taiwan, Vietnam, and many other Asian countries, swamp eels are served as cuisine.

Swamp eels are capable of overland excursions, and some can live out of water for extended periods of time.

Neurognathostomiasis has been reported in the US, but a link to imported swamp eels has not been proven.

There are also a number of fish with elongated bodies that have no or reduced appendage-like fins, for example eels and swamp eels.

Endemic to southern and eastern Asia, swamp eels live in ditches, ponds, streams, and rice paddies.

As part of the project, they have produced similarly spectacular images of several other species, including frogs, alligators, turtles, swamp eels and bearded dragons.

In the Jiangnan region of China, swamp eels are a delicacy, usually cooked in stirfries or casseroles.

Asian swamp eels pose a threat to the homeostasis of Everglades National Park by disrupting the natural interactions between native species and their environment.

More recently, a thriving exotic-wildlife trade sent a ragged parade of escapees into the wild: parakeets, peafowl, swamp eels, and squirrel monkeys.

Although swamp eels are not themselves related to amphibians, this lifestyle may well resemble those of the fish from which the land animals evolved during the Devonian period.

The swamp eels (also written "swamp-eels") are a family (Synbranchidae) of freshwater eel-like fishes of the worldwide tropics.

The Mastacembelids are part of the Order Synbranchiformes, the swamp eels, which are part of the Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes).

Synbranchiformes, often called swamp eels, is an order of ray-finned fishes that are eel-like but have spiny rays, indicating that they belong to the superorder Acanthopterygii.

These are all believed to be adaptations for burrowing into soft mud during periods of drought, and swamp eels are found in the mud underneath a dried-up pond.

In some parts of Asia, swamp eels and one species of spiny eel, Mastacembelus erythrotaenia, are valued as food and sometimes are kept in ponds or rice fields.

The Earthworm eels, also known as the Spineless eels, are a family (Chaudhuriidae) of small freshwater eel-like fish related to the swamp eels and spiny eels.

In Thailand and Vietnam, the most important cause appears to be consumption of undercooked Asian swamp eels (Monopterus albus, also called Fluta alba) which transmit G. spinigerum.

Tens of thousands of swamp eels are estimated to inhabit nearly 55 miles of two water canal systems in southern Florida, one in the North Miami area and another on the eastern side of Everglades National Park.

Macrognathus is a genus of eel-like fish of the family Mastacembelidae of the order Synbranchiformes.

Eels are of the order Anguilliformes, while M. albus is of the order Synbranchiformes.

Sinobdella sinensis is a species of the spiny eel family (order Synbranchiformes), and is the only species of the genus Sinobdella.

The Mastacembelids are part of the Order Synbranchiformes, the swamp eels, which are part of the Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes).

Synbranchiformes, often called swamp eels, is an order of ray-finned fishes that are eel-like but have spiny rays, indicating that they belong to the superorder Acanthopterygii.

"Presence of Primary and Secondary Males in a Population of the Protogynous Synbranchus marmoratus Bloch, 1795, a Protogynous Fish (Teleost, Synbranchiformes)."