WoRMS taxon details
Anguilla bengalensis (Gray, 1831)
217456 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217456)
accepted
Species
Anguilla arracana McClelland, 1844 · unaccepted
Anguilla bengalensis bengalensis (Gray, 1831) · unaccepted
Anguilla brevirostris McClelland, 1844 · unaccepted
Anguilla elphinstonei Sykes, 1839 · unaccepted (synonym)
Anguilla variegata McClelland, 1844 · unaccepted
Muraena bengalensis Gray, 1831 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Anguilla bengalensis bengalensis (Gray, 1831) accepted as Anguilla bengalensis (Gray, 1831)
- Subspecies Anguilla bengalensis labiata (Peters, 1852) accepted as Anguilla labiata (Peters, 1852)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Muraena bengalensis Gray, 1831) Gray, J. E. (1830-1835). Illustrations of Indian zoology; chiefly selected from the collection of Major-General Hardwicke, F.R.S. 20 parts in 2 vols. Pls. 1-202. [Fishes on pls. 84-99 in vol. 1 and 88-102 in vol. 2.]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Anguilla bengalensis (Gray, 1831). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217456 on 2026-05-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Muraena bengalensis Gray, 1831) Gray, J. E. (1830-1835). Illustrations of Indian zoology; chiefly selected from the collection of Major-General Hardwicke, F.R.S. 20 parts in 2 vols. Pls. 1-202. [Fishes on pls. 84-99 in vol. 1 and 88-102 in vol. 2.]. [details]
original description (of Anguilla elphinstonei Sykes, 1839) Sykes, W. H. (1839). On the fishes of the Deccan. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1838 (pt 6) (for 27 Nov. 1838): 157-165. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Anguilla elphinstonei Sykes, 1839) Sykes, W. H. (1839). On the fishes of the Deccan. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1838 (pt 6) (for 27 Nov. 1838): 157-165. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (59 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Anguilla variegata McClelland, 1844)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Anguilla elphinstonei Sykes, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Muraena bengalensis Gray, 1831)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Anguilla arracana McClelland, 1844)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Anguilla bengalensis bengalensis) (from synonym Anguilla bengalensis bengalensis (Gray, 1831))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Anguilla bengalensis)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla bengalensis bengalensis (Gray, 1831))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla arracana McClelland, 1844)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla variegata McClelland, 1844)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraena bengalensis Gray, 1831)
To Fishbase (from synonym Anguilla brevirostris McClelland, 1844)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla elphinstonei Sykes, 1839)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 20 proteins) (from synonym Muraena bengalensis Gray, 1831)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 20 proteins)
To GenBank (42 nucleotides; 49 proteins) (from synonym Anguilla bengalensis bengalensis (Gray, 1831))
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Anguilla variegata McClelland, 1844)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Anguilla elphinstonei Sykes, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Muraena bengalensis Gray, 1831)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Anguilla arracana McClelland, 1844)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Anguilla bengalensis bengalensis) (from synonym Anguilla bengalensis bengalensis (Gray, 1831))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Anguilla bengalensis)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla bengalensis bengalensis (Gray, 1831))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla arracana McClelland, 1844)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla variegata McClelland, 1844)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraena bengalensis Gray, 1831)
To Fishbase (from synonym Anguilla brevirostris McClelland, 1844)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla elphinstonei Sykes, 1839)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 20 proteins) (from synonym Muraena bengalensis Gray, 1831)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 20 proteins)
To GenBank (42 nucleotides; 49 proteins) (from synonym Anguilla bengalensis bengalensis (Gray, 1831))
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To ITIS
