Synbranchinae is a subfamily of swamp eel, consisting of six of the seven genera in the family Synbranchidae. The remaining genus, the monotypic Macrotrema is the only one in the other subfamily Macrotreminae. The subfamily occurs in the Neotropics, Afrotropics and Asia.
Genera The following genera are classified in the Synbranchinae:
Monopterus Lacepède, 1800 Ophichthys Swainson, 1839 Rakthamichthys Britz, Dahanukar, Standing, Philip, Kumar & Raghavan, 2020 Typhlosynbranchus Pellegrin, 1922 Synbranchus Bloch, 1795 Ophisternon McClelland, 1844
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