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Species in the genus Synbranchus: [ 19 ] records

ambigua, Muraena Walbaum [J. J.] 1792:152 [Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium Part 3; ref. 4572] Flumina Americes sub linea aequinoctiali. •Possibly a synonym of Synbranchus marmoratus Bloch 1795 -- (Litz & Koerber 2014:32 [ref. 33622], Mirande & Koerber 2015:54 [ref. 35117], Koerber et al. 2017:74 [ref. 35267]). Current status: Uncertain as Synbranchus marmoratus Bloch 1795. Synbranchidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

aptera, Falconeria Larrañaga [D. A.] 1923:381 [Escritos de Don Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga v. 2; ref. 22561] Uruguay. No types known. Also appeared in Devincenzi 1925:297 [ref. 20322]. •Synonym of Synbranchus marmoratus Bloch 1795 -- (Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:595 [ref. 27061], Litz & Koerber 2014:32 [ref. 33622], Mirande & Koerber 2015:54 [ref. 35117], Koerber et al. 2017:75 [ref. 35267]). Current status: Synonym of Synbranchus marmoratus Bloch 1795. Synbranchidae. Habitat: freshwater.

aptera, Hippobranchia Larrañaga [D. A.] 1923:372 [Escritos de Don Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga v. 2; ref. 22561] Uruguay. No types known. See Falconeria aptera. •In the synonymy of Synbranchus marmoratus Bloch 1795. Nomen Nudum. Current status: Synonym of Synbranchus marmoratus Bloch 1795. Synbranchidae.

doeringii, Symbranchus Weyenbergh [H.] 1877:15, Pl. 2 [Actas de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias Exactas, Buenos Aires. v. 3 (no. 1); ref. 14248] Lakes near Santa Fe, Argentina. Syntypes: (several) MACN. Species epithet originally spelled as Döringii; it is based on a German name and the correct spelling is doeringii according to Koerber 2007:68 [ref. 29162]. •Synonym of Synbranchus marmoratus Bloch 1795 -- (Rosen & Greenwood 1976:55 [ref. 7094], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:594 [ref. 27061], Litz & Koerber 2014:32 [ref. 33622], Mirande & Koerber 2015:54 [ref. 35117], Koerber et al. 2017:74 [ref. 35267]). Current status: Synonym of Synbranchus marmoratus Bloch 1795. Synbranchidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

fuliginosus, Synbranchus Ranzani [C.] 1839:75 [11], Pl. 11 (figs. 1a-b) [Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Instituti Bononiensis v. 4 [1840]; ref. 18606] Brazil. Holotype (unique): MZUB 991. Appeared first without description as Ranzani in Alessandrini 1838:433 [ref. 25852]. Dates to publication in a separate, on p. 11 and Pl. 4 in 1839; journal version in 1840. •Synonym of Synbranchus marmoratus Bloch 1795 -- (Rosen & Greenwood 1976:53 [ref. 7094], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:594 [ref. 27061], Litz & Koerber 2014:32 [ref. 33622], Mirande & Koerber 2015:54 [ref. 35117], Koerber et al. 2017:74 [ref. 35267]). Current status: Synonym of Synbranchus marmoratus Bloch 1795. Synbranchidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

hieronymi, Symbranchus Weyenbergh [H.] 1877:14, Pl. 2 [Actas de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias Exactas, Buenos Aires. v. 3 (no. 1); ref. 14248] Oran, Salta Province, Argentina. Syntypes: (several) ? Mus. Nacional Argentina, Buenos Aires. •Synonym of Synbranchus marmoratus Bloch 1795 -- (Rosen & Greenwood 1976:55 [ref. 7094], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:594 [ref. 27061], Litz & Koerber 2014:32 [ref. 33622], Mirande & Koerber 2015:54 [ref. 35117], Koerber et al. 2017:74 [ref. 35267]). Current status: Synonym of Synbranchus marmoratus Bloch 1795. Synbranchidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

immaculatus, Synbranchus Bloch [M. E.] 1795:87, Pl. 419 (fig. 1) [Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 9; ref. 464] Suriname; Tranquebar [Tharangambadi], India [erroneous]. On p. 77 of Bloch's Ichthyologie, v. 12 [ref. 21381]. •Synonym of Synbranchus marmoratus Bloch 1795 -- (Rosen & Greenwood 1976:53 [ref. 7094], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:594 [ref. 27061], Litz & Koerber 2014:32 [ref. 33622], Mirande & Koerber 2015:54 [ref. 35117], Koerber et al. 2017:74 [ref. 35267]). Current status: Synonym of Synbranchus marmoratus Bloch 1795. Synbranchidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

lampreia, Synbranchus Favorito [S. E.], Zanata [A. M.] & Assumpção [M. I.] 2005:321, Figs. 1, 2a, 5, 6 [Neotropical Ichthyology v. 3 (no. 3); ref. 28383] Rio Goiapi, tributary of rio Arari, Cachoeira do Arari (ca. 0°58'S, 48°57'), ilha de Marajó, Pará, Brazil. Holotype: MZUSP 50184. Paratypes: MPEG 3374 (1), 3377 (1), 3379 (1); MZUSP 50185 (4), 84453 (3 eggs). •Valid as Synbranchus lampreia Favorito, Zanata & Assumpção 2005 -- (Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:27 [ref. 39298], Sabaj et al. 2022:12 [ref. 39304]). Current status: Valid as Synbranchus lampreia Favorito, Zanata & Assumpção 2005. Synbranchidae. Distribution: South America: Amazon basin (Brazil and Peru). Habitat: freshwater.

lineata, Unibranchapertura Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1803:656, 658 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 5; ref. 4930] Cayenne, French Guiana. No types known. •Synonym of Synbranchus marmoratus Bloch 1795 -- (Rosen & Greenwood 1976:53 [ref. 7094], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:594 [ref. 27061], Litz & Koerber 2014:32 [ref. 33622], Mirande & Koerber 2015:54 [ref. 35117], Koerber et al. 2017:74 [ref. 35267]). Current status: Synonym of Synbranchus marmoratus Bloch 1795. Synbranchidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

madeirae, Synbranchus Rosen [D. E.] & Rumney [A.] 1972:11, Figs. 15-16, 17B, 18B [American Museum Novitates No. 2497; ref. 7640] Río Beni, Beni, Bolivia, 14°18'S, 67°23'W. Holotype: CAS 13704 [ex IU 17250]. Paratypes: AMNH 30214sw (4, c&s), 30219sw (1, c&s); CAS 13705 [ex IU 17250] (1). •Valid as Synbranchus madeirae Rosen & Rumney 1972 -- (Rosen & Greenwood 1976:56 [ref. 7094], Ortega & Vari 1986:19 [ref. 9708], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:594 [ref. 27061], Favorito et al. 2005:319 [ref. 28383], Sarmiento et al. 2014:181, 193 [ref. 35004], Careaga et al. 2020:78 [ref. 37774], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:27 [ref. 39298], Sabaj et al. 2022:12 [ref. 39304]). Current status: Valid as Synbranchus madeirae Rosen & Rumney 1972. Synbranchidae. Distribution: South America: Madeira River basin (Bolivia and Peru). Habitat: freshwater.

marmoratus, Synbranchus Bloch [M. E.] 1795:87, Pl. 418 [Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 9; ref. 464] Suriname. Lectotype: ZMB 4059. Paralectotypes: ?RMNH 24742 (1), ZMB 32467 (1). Type catalog: Paepke 1999:146 [ref. 24282]. Genus spelled Synbronchus on plate. On p. 75 of Bloch's Ichthyologie, v. 12 [ref. 21381]. Lectotype listed by Paepke 1999:146 [ref. 24282] as selected by Favorito-Amorim 1994. See remarks on synonymy with Monopterus albus (Zuiew 1793) in Britz et al. 2021:399 [ref. 38205]; ICZN decision needed to protect current usage of the name Synbranchus marmoratus Bloch 1795. •Mention as Synbranchus marmoratus Bloch 1795 -- (Malabarba 1989:162 [ref. 14217]). •Valid as Synbranchus marmoratus Bloch 1795 -- (Ovchynnyk 1967:41 [ref. 37559], Rosen & Greenwood 1976:53 [ref. 7094], Villa 1982:157 [ref. 36708], Ortega & Vari 1986:19 [ref. 9708], Bussing 1987:167 [ref. 22927], Gamboa Pérez 1992:320 [ref. 38704], Espinosa Pérez et al. 1993:63 [ref. 22290], Fernández & Butí 1996:255 [ref. 22775], Gómez & Chebez 1996:65 [ref. 23791], Haro et al. 1996:6 [ref. 25004], Galvis et al. 1997:107 [ref. 23651], Torelli et al. 1997:70 [ref. 24612], Bussing 1998:260 [ref. 24179], Sverlij et al. 1998:75 [ref. 27632], Britski et al. 1999:152 [ref. 24147], Keith et al. 2000:72 [ref. 24547], Marín 2000:79 [ref. 26252], Lasso et al. 2001:100 [ref. 25928], Casatti et al. 2001:5 [ref. 25929], Miquelarena et al. 2002:79 [ref. 26517], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:594 [ref. 27061], López et al. 2003:73 [ref. 27366], Casciotta et al. 2003:150 [ref. 28130], Nelson et al. 2004:113 [ref. 27807], Menni 2004:87 [ref. 28131], Torres et al. 2005:277 [ref. 28299], Favorito et al. 2005:321 [ref. 28383], Perdices et al. 2005:460 [ref. 28418], Miller 2006:324 [ref. 28615], Matamoros et al. 2009:16 [ref. 31241], Angulo et al. 2013:998 [ref. 33194], Di Dario et al. 2013:263 [ref. 37503], McMahan et al. 2013:448 [ref. 32422], Page et al. 2013:115 [ref. 32708], Phillip et al. 2013:21 [ref. 32896], Barriga Salazar 2014:117 [ref. 35745], Litz & Koerber 2014:32 [ref. 33622], Ramos et al. 2014:5 [ref. 35321], Sarmiento et al. 2014:181, 193 [ref. 35004], Jiménez-Prado et al. 2015:313 [ref. 34894], Mirande & Koerber 2015:54 [ref. 35117], Bertaco et al. 2016:426 [ref. 34561] as aff. marmoratus, Melo et al. 2016:377 [ref. 35317], Nión et al. 2016:45 [ref. 35565], Costa et al. 2017:45 [ref. 35684] as aff. marmoratus, DoNascimiento et al. 2017:96 [ref. 35633], Koerber et al. 2017:74 [ref. 35267], Dickens 2019:172 [ref. 37135], González-Murcia et al. 2019:298 [ref. 36544], Angulo et al. 2020:9 [ref. 37425], Azevedo-Santos et al. 2020:6 [ref. 39606], Careaga et al. 2020:78 [ref. 37774], Reis et al. 2020:471 [ref. 38364], Silva et al. 2020:15 [ref. 37809], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:27 [ref. 39298], Brandão et al. 2022:223 [ref. 40464], Koerber et al. 2022:66 [ref. 39235], Sabaj et al. 2022:12 [ref. 39304], Angulo et al. 2023:38 [ref. 40676], Cortés Hernández et al. 2023:457 [ref. 40760], Loureiro et al. 2023:176 [ref. 40506], Quintela et al. 2023:6 [ref. 40727], Vieira et al. 2023:21 [ref. 40759], Escobar Camacho et al. 2024:8 [ref. 40892]). Current status: Valid as Synbranchus marmoratus Bloch 1795. Synbranchidae. Distribution: Northern South America: Guyana shield and northern Brazil [swamp eels from other regions are probably referable to other species]. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

mercedarius, Synbranchus Weyenbergh [H.] 1877:22, Pl. 4 [Actas de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias Exactas, Buenos Aires. v. 3 (no. 1); ref. 14248] Lakes along Río Primero, near Cordoba and Chacra de la Merced, Argentina. Syntypes: (several) MSNG. •Synonym of Synbranchus marmoratus Bloch 1795 -- (Rosen & Greenwood 1976:55 [ref. 7094], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:594 [ref. 27061], Litz & Koerber 2014:32 [ref. 33622], Mirande & Koerber 2015:54 [ref. 35117], Koerber et al. 2017:75 [ref. 35267]). Current status: Synonym of Synbranchus marmoratus Bloch 1795. Synbranchidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

pardalis, Synbranchus Valenciennes [A.] 1836:Pl. 13 (fig. 1) [Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale; ref. 20720] Buenos Aires, Argentina. No types known. Name available from plate, description in Valenciennes 1847:11 [ref. 5010]. Pl. 13 was published in 1836. •Synonym of Synbranchus marmoratus Bloch 1795 -- (Rosen & Greenwood 1976:53 [ref. 7094], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:594 [ref. 27061], Litz & Koerber 2014:32 [ref. 33622], Mirande & Koerber 2015:54 [ref. 35117], Koerber et al. 2017:74 [ref. 35267]). Current status: Synonym of Synbranchus marmoratus Bloch 1795. Synbranchidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

pinnata, Falconeria Larrañaga [D. A.] 1923:381 [Escritos de Don Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga v. 2; ref. 22561] Uruguay. No types known. Apparently available. Also appeared in Devincenzi 1925:297, 298, 321 [ref. 20322]; Devincenzi regarded as a synonym of Symbranchus marmoratus Bloch 1795. •Synonym of Synbranchus marmoratus Bloch 1795 -- (Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:595 [ref. 27061], Litz & Koerber 2014:32 [ref. 33622], Mirande & Koerber 2015:54 [ref. 35117], Koerber et al. 2017:75 [ref. 35267]). Current status: Synonym of Synbranchus marmoratus Bloch 1795. Synbranchidae. Habitat: freshwater.

pinnata, Hippobranchia Larrañaga [D. A.] 1923:372 [Escritos de Don Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga v. 2; ref. 22561] Uruguay. No types known. Original as Pinnata. See Falconeria pinnata. •In the synonymy of Synbranchus marmoratus Bloch 1795. Nomen Nudum. Current status: Synonym of Synbranchus marmoratus Bloch 1795. Synbranchidae.

royal, Synbranchus Sabaj Pérez [M. H.], Arce H. [M.] & de Sousa [L. M.] in Sabaj Pérez, Arce H., Donahue, Cramer & de Sousa 2022:8, Figs. 3A-B, 5 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 166; ref. 39304] Rapids, channels and pools just upstream of cachoeira do Jericoá, Rio Xingu, Pará, Brazil, 3°21'54.1"S, 51°43'58.9"W. Holotype: INPA 47472. Paratypes: (6) ANSP, INPA, LIA. •Valid as Synbranchus royal Sabaj Pérez, Arce H. & de Sousa 2022. Current status: Valid as Synbranchus royal Sabaj Pérez, Arce H. & de Sousa 2022. Synbranchidae. Distribution: South America: middle Rio Xingu basin, Pará, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.

spurius, Typhlobranchus Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:537 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] American rivers [South America]. No types known. •Synonym of Synbranchus marmoratus Bloch 1795 -- (Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:594 [ref. 27061], Litz & Koerber 2014:32 [ref. 33622], Mirande & Koerber 2015:54 [ref. 35117], Koerber et al. 2017:74 [ref. 35267]). Current status: Synonym of Synbranchus marmoratus Bloch 1795. Synbranchidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

tigrinus, Symbranchus Weyenbergh [H.] 1877:16, Pl. 1 [Actas de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias Exactas, Buenos Aires. v. 3 (no. 1); ref. 14248] Lakes near Santa Fe, Argentina. Syntypes: (several) MSNG. •Synonym of Synbranchus marmoratus Bloch 1795 -- (Rosen & Greenwood 1976:55 [ref. 7094], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:594 [ref. 27061], Litz & Koerber 2014:32 [ref. 33622], Mirande & Koerber 2015:54 [ref. 35117], Koerber et al. 2017:75 [ref. 35267]). Current status: Synonym of Synbranchus marmoratus Bloch 1795. Synbranchidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

vittatus, Synbranchus Castelnau [F. L.] 1855:84, Pl. 44 (fig. 3) [Animaux nouveaux or rares v. 2; ref. 766] Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. No types known. •Synonym of Synbranchus marmoratus Bloch 1795 -- (Rosen & Greenwood 1976:55 [ref. 7094], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:594 [ref. 27061], Litz & Koerber 2014:32 [ref. 33622], Mirande & Koerber 2015:54 [ref. 35117], Koerber et al. 2017:74 [ref. 35267]). Current status: Synonym of Synbranchus marmoratus Bloch 1795. Synbranchidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.