Genera that contain: Monopterus [ 11 ] records

Amphipnous Müller [J.] 1840:117 [Archiv für Anatomie, Physiologie und Wissenschaftliche Medicin, in Verbindung mit mehreren Gelehrten Herausgebern v. 7 [1840]; ref. 12523] Masc. Unibranchapertura cuchia Hamilton 1822. Type by original designation. Also in Müller 1841:246 [ref. 32989]. •Status uncertain -- (Bailey & Gans 1998:2 [ref. 23296]). •Synonym of Monopterus Lacepède 1800 -- (Rosen & Greenwood 1976:56 [ref. 7094], Daget 1986:291 [ref. 6203], Britz et al. 2011:51 [ref. 31404], Kottelat 2013:308 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Ophichthys Swainson 1839 -- (Britz et al. 2020:14 [ref. 37335]). Current status: Synonym of Ophichthys Swainson 1839. Synbranchidae.

Apterigia Basilewsky [S.] 1855:247 [Nouveaux mémoires de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou v. 10; ref. 200] Fem. Apterigia saccogularis Basilewsky 1855. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan 1919:263 [ref. 2410]. •Synonym of Monopterus Lacepède 1800 -- (Rosen & Greenwood 1976:56 [ref. 7094], Daget 1986:291 [ref. 6203], Kottelat 2013:308 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Monopterus Lacepède 1800. Synbranchidae.

Cryptophthalmus Franz [V.] 1910:15 [Abhandlungen der math.-phys. Klasse der K. Bayer Akademie der Wissenschaften v. 4 (Suppl.) (no. 1); ref. 1481] Masc. Cryptophthalmus robustus Franz 1910. Type by monotypy. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Cryptophthalmus Rafinesque 1814 in Crustacea and Ehrenberg 1831 in Mollusca; replaced by Unagius Jordan 1919. •Synonym of Monopterus Lacepède 1800 -- (McCosker et al. 2011:272 [ref. 31452], Kottelat 2013:308 [ref. 32989]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Monopterus Lacepède 1800. Synbranchidae.

Fluta Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:565 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Fem. Monopterus javanensis Lacepède 1800. Type by monotypy. Monopterus not preoccupied by Monopteros Volta 1796. •Objective synonym of Monopterus Lacepède 1800 -- (Rosen & Greenwood 1976:56 [ref. 7094] but with wrong type for Monopterus, Daget 1986:291 [ref. 6203], Roberts 1989:183 [ref. 6439], Kottelat 2013:308 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Monopterus Lacepède 1800. Synbranchidae.

Monopterus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1800:138 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 2; ref. 2709] Masc. Monopterus javanensis Lacepède 1800. Type by monotypy. Rosen & Greenwood 1976:56 give Muraena alba Zuiew as the type of Monopterus (not an originally included species; Lacepède included only one species, javanensis, and it is the type by monotypy). •Valid as Monopterus Lacepède 1800 -- (Rosen & Greenwood 1976:56 [ref. 7094] and Jayaram 1981:309 [ref. 6497] with wrong type, Matsuura in Masuda et al. 1984:366 [ref. 6441], Daget 1986:291 [ref. 6203], Paxton et al. 1989:436 [ref. 12442], Kottelat 1989:16 [ref. 13605], Roberts 1989:183 [ref. 6439], Ataur Rahman 1989:50 [ref. 24860], Liu in Pan et al. 1991:357 [ref. 23876], Daget in Lévêque et al. 1992:659 [ref. 21590], Bailey & Gans 1998:2 [ref. 23296], Yang in Chen 1998:320 [ref. 23556], Gopi 2002:139 [ref. 27553], Ataur Rahman 2003:65 [ref. 31338], Proudlove 2006:186 [ref. 28992], Hoese & Gates 2006:860 [ref. 28997], Scharpf 2007:36 [ref. 30398], Britz et al. 2011:51 [ref. 31404], Kottelat 2013:308 [ref. 32989], Zhang et al. 2016:192 [ref. 34477], Britz et al. 2016:309 [ref. 34914], Britz et al. 2018:315 [ref. 36207]). Current status: Valid as Monopterus Lacepède 1800. Synbranchidae.

Ophicardia McClelland [J.] 1844:175, 191, 218 [Calcutta Journal of Natural History v. 5 (no. 18); ref. 2928] Fem. Ophicardia phayriana McClelland 1844. Type by monotypy. Species apparently misspelled phyariana in main entry (p. 191); named after Capt. Phayre (mentioned twice on p. 191-192) and spelled phayriana on p. 204 (legend to Pl. 12) and on p. 218. •Synonym of Monopterus Lacepède 1800 -- (Rosen & Greenwood 1976:56 [ref. 7094] but as Ophiocardia, species as phyariana, Kottelat 2013:308 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Monopterus Lacepède 1800. Synbranchidae.

Ophichthys Swainson [W.] 1839:196, 336, 445 [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] Masc. Ophichthys punctatus Swainson 1839 (= Unibranchapertura cuchia Hamilton 1822). Type by monotypy. As Ophicthys on p. 196 and 441 (index). Swainson's O. punctatus is an unneeded substitute for U. cuchia. Predates Amphipnous Müller 1840 with same type. Ophichthys is also a misspelling of Ophichthus in some early literature. •Synonym of Monopterus Lacepède 1800 -- (Rosen & Greenwood 1976:56 [ref. 7094], Daget 1986:291 [ref. 6203]. Kottelat 2013:308 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Ophichthys Swainson 1839 -- (Britz et al. 2020:14 [ref. 37335], Britz et al. 2023:1 [ref. 40009]). Current status: Valid as Ophichthys Swainson 1839. Synbranchidae.

Pneumabranchus McClelland [J.] 1843:411 [Calcutta Journal of Natural History v. 4 (no. 4) (for 1844); ref. 2927] Masc. Pneumabranchus cinereus McClelland 1843. Type by monotypy. Usually attributed to McClelland 1844 [1845]:175, 192 [ref. 2928] with type as P. striatus, but appeared first in McClelland 1844 as above with only one included species. •Synonym of Monopterus Lacepède 1800 -- (Rosen & Greenwood 1976:56 [ref. 7094], Daget 1986:291 [ref. 6203], Kottelat 2013:308 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Monopterus Lacepède 1800. Synbranchidae.

Rakthamichthys Britz [R.], Dahanukar [N.] & Standing [A.] in Britz, Dahanukar, Standing, Philip, Kumar & Raghavan 2020:229 [9] [Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 30 (no. 3): IEF-1163; ref. 38035] Masc. Monopterus roseni Bailey & Gans 1998. Type by original designation. •Valid as Rakthamichthys Britz, Dahanukar & Standing 2020 -- (Praveenraj et al. 2021:93 [ref. 38679]). Current status: Valid as Rakthamichthys Britz, Dahanukar & Standing 2020. Synbranchidae.

Typhlosynbranchus Pellegrin [J.] 1922:884 [Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences v. 174; ref. 3402] Masc. Typhlosynbranchus boueti Pellegrin 1922. Type by monotypy. Typhlosymbranchus is a misspelling. •Synonym of Monopterus Lacepède 1800 -- (Rosen & Greenwood 1976:56 [ref. 7094], Daget 1986:291 [ref. 6203], Kottelat 2013:308 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Typhlosynbranchus Pellegrin 1922 -- (Britz et al. 2020:234 [ref. 38035]). Current status: Valid as Typhlosynbranchus Pellegrin 1922. Synbranchidae.

Unagius Jordan [D. S.] 1919:343 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 70 (for 1918); ref. 2413] Masc. Cryptophthalmus robustus Franz 1910. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Cryptophthalmus Franz 1910, preoccupied by Cryptophthalmus Rafinesque 1814 in Crustacea and Ehrenberg 1831 in Mollusca. •Synonym of Monopterus Lacepède 1800 -- (Kottelat 213:308 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Monopterus Lacepède 1800. Synbranchidae.