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Monopterus albus

Asian swamp eel

IUCN: least concernmarinebrackishfreshwater

(Zuiew, 1793)Accepted name in the World Register of Marine Species.WoRMS 281590 ↗

9

Bishop specimens

0

Type specimens

1927

First collected

2001

Last collected

No recent record

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

In the Library

Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Monopterus albus, most mentions first.

  1. 2000

    Biodiversity of freshwater and estuarine communities in lower Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii with observations on introduced species

    Englund, R.A., D.J. Preston, R. Wolff, S.L. Coles, L.G. Eldredge & K. Arakaki · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 3 pages

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  2. 1998

    Biological assessment and the effects of water withdrawls on Waikele Stream, Oahu, Aquatic biota

    Englund, R. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page

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Two centuries of collecting

1920s2000s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1927 by H.L. Lyon (Oʻahu).