WoRMS taxon details

Muraeninae Rafinesque, 1815

151829  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151829)

accepted
Subfamily
Genus Diaphenchelys McCosker & Randall, 2007
Genus Echidna Forster, 1788
Genus Enchelycore Kaup, 1856
Genus Enchelynassa Kaup, 1855
Genus Gymnomuraena Lacepède, 1803
Genus Gymnothorax Bloch, 1795
Genus Monopenchelys Böhlke & McCosker, 1982
Genus Muraena Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Pseudechidna Bleeker, 1863
Genus Rhinomuraena Garman, 1888
Genus Strophidon McClelland, 1844

Genus Aemasia Jordan & Snyder, 1901 accepted as Enchelycore Kaup, 1856
Genus Ahynnodontophis Fowler, 1912 accepted as Gymnothorax Bloch, 1795
Genus Echida accepted as Echidna Forster, 1788 (misspelling)
Genus Enchelicore accepted as Enchelycore Kaup, 1856 (misspelling)
Genus Evenchelys Jordan & Evermann, 1902 accepted as Strophidon McClelland, 1844
Genus Fimbrinares Whitley, 1948 accepted as Enchelycore Kaup, 1856
Genus Gymnotorax accepted as Gymnothorax Bloch, 1795 (misspelling)
Genus Heteromyrus Pietschmann, 1935 accepted as Gymnothorax Bloch, 1795
Genus Limamuraena accepted as Limomuraena Kaup, 1856 accepted as Muraena Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling)
Genus Limmamuraena Kaup in Duméril, 1856 accepted as Muraena Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Genus Muraenophys accepted as Murenophis Cuvier, 1797 accepted as Muraena Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling)
Genus Murenophis Cuvier, 1797 accepted as Muraena Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Neomuraena Girard, 1858 accepted as Gymnothorax Bloch, 1795
Genus Poecilophis Kaup, 1856 accepted as Echidna Forster, 1788
Genus Polyuranodon Kaup, 1856 accepted as Gymnothorax Bloch, 1795
Genus Priodonophis Kaup, 1860 accepted as Gymnothorax Bloch, 1795
Genus Pseudechilna accepted as Pseudechidna Bleeker, 1863 (misspelling)
Genus Pseudechina accepted as Pseudechidna Bleeker, 1863 (misspelling)
Genus Pseudoechidna accepted as Pseudechidna Bleeker, 1863 (misspelling)
Genus Pseudomuraena Johnson, 1862 accepted as Gymnothorax Bloch, 1795
Genus Rabula Jordan & Davis, 1891 accepted as Gymnothorax Bloch, 1795
Genus Rhinomuraea accepted as Rhinomuraena Garman, 1888 (misspelling)
Genus Sidera Kaup in Duméril, 1856 accepted as Gymnothorax Bloch, 1795 (synonym)
Genus Sideria accepted as Sidera Kaup in Duméril, 1856 accepted as Gymnothorax Bloch, 1795 (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2023). FishBase. Muraeninae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151829 on 2023-09-29
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2005-04-07 10:08:04Z
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taxonomy source Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]   

basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]   
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Japanese ウツボ亜科  [details]