Monopterus albus

Basic information
Scientific name	Monopterus albus	(No picture)
Common names	Swamp eel
Higher taxon	Synbranchidae, Synbranchiformes, Actinopterygii
Natural range	SE continental China, Korean Peninsula, Taiwan, India, Malay Peninsula, and Sunda Archipelago. Possibly Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan.
Habitat	Muddy bottom of shallow ponds, canals around rice field, etc.

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Tokyo, Ibaraki, Kanagawa, Shizuoka, Aichi, Mie, Wakayama, Kyoto, Nara, Osaka, Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, and Kagoshima Prefs.
Origin	Korean Peninsula
Date	ca.1900
Route	Deliberate: Possibly escape of pet animal.
Impact	Damaging rice field by digging.
Regulation in Japan	No action for prevention, mitigation, control, or eradication.
Introduced range in other countries	Florida (Tamap and Miami) and Hawaii.

Reference	Notes
Froese & Pauly (eds) (2009) FishBase (Accessed on 2010-12-14) http://www.fishbase.org/ Kawanabe et al. (eds) (2002) Freshwater Fishes of Japan, 3rd ed.. Yama-kei Publishers, Tokyo (in Jpn) Matsuzawa & Senou (2008) Alien fishes of Japan. Bun-ichi Sogo Shuppan, Tokyo (in Jpn) etc.