Muraena

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anguilloidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Elopocephalai Supercohors: Elopocephala Cohors/Superordo: Elopomorpha Ordo: Anguilliformes Subordo: Anguilloidei

Familia: Muraenidae
Subfamilia: Muraeninae
Genus: Muraena
Species: M. appendiculata – M. argus – M. augusti – M. clepsydra – M. helena – M. lentiginosa – M. melanotis – M. pavonina – M. retifera – M. robusta

Name

• Muraena Linnaeus, 1758
  • Gender: feminine
  • Type species: Muraena helena Linnaeus, 1758
    • Remark: Jordan & Gilbert (1883a: 355) designated Muraena helena as the type species of Muraena, but overlooked Bleeker’s (1864b: 113) earlier designation of M. anguilla. The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, suppressed in Opinion 1672 Bleeker’s priority and placed Muraena helena on the Official List as the type species of Muraena.

Synonyms

• Murenophis Cuvier, 1797
• Muraenophis Lacepède, 1803 -- Unjustified emendation of Murenophis Cuvier, 1797
• Limomuraena Kaup, 1856
  • Limamuraena Kaup in Dumeril, 1856, -- misspelling
  • Limmamuraena Kaup in Dumeril, 1856, -- misspelling

References

• Bleeker, P.; 1864: Systema Muraenorum revisum. Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde, 2: 113–122. BHL
• Cuvier, G.; 1797: Tableau élémentaire de l'histoire naturelle des animaux. Paris. 1-710, Pls. 1-14. BHL
• Duméril, A. M. C.; 1856: Ichthyologie analytique ou classification des poissons, suivant la méthode naturelle, à l'aide de tableaux synoptiques. Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences : tirés des registres de cette Académie. 27 (1): 1–507.
• Jordan, D. S. & Gilbert, C. H.; 1883: Synopsis of the fishes of North America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, No. 16: 1–1018.
• Kaup, J. J.; 1856: Uebersicht der Aale. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 22 (1): 41–77. BHL
• Lacepède, B. G. E.; 1803: Histoire naturelle des poissons. 5: 1–803 + index, Pls. 1-21.
• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp  DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 244. Reference page. 
• Opinion 1672 (1992): Muraena Linnaeus, 1758 and Anguilla Schrank, 1798 (Osteichthyes: Anguilliformes): placed on the Official List of Generic Names. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 49: 93–94.
• Smith, D.G. 2012. A checklist of the moray eels of the world (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Muraenidae). Zootaxa 3474: 1–64. Preview PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Muraena species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Muraena and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Muraena in the World Register of Marine Species

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Vernacular names

русский: Мурены