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Synbranchidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Synbranchiformes
family
Synbranchidae

Name

Synonyms
Amphipnoidae
Homonyms
Synbranchidae
Common names
Anguilas del lodo in Spanish
Enguias-de-Água-Doce in Portuguese
Enguias-dos-Pântanos in Portuguese
Gælleål in Danish
Swamp Eels in English
anguillas de lodo in Spanish
anguillas de lodo in Spanish
anguilles des mares in French
anguilles des mares in French
hrdložábříkovití in Czech
kutsat in Finnish
swamp eels in English
swamp eels in English
swamp-eels in English
szczelinowate in Polish
Слитножаберниковые in Russian
ложноугрёвые in Russian
ปลาไหลนา in Thai
ปลาไหลนา ปลาไหลหลาด ปลาหลาดแดง ฯลฯ in Thai
ปลาไหลบึง in Thai
タウナギ科 in Japanese
合鰓魚科 in Chinese
タウナギ科 in Japanese
swamp-eels in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2003: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
  2. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  3. FishBase
  4. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
  5. Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
  6. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  7. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  8. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: World Fishes Important to North Americans Exclusive of Species from the Continental Waters of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 21. 243.
  9. Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.
  10. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  11. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
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