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Muraenidae
Taxonomy
Muraenidae is a family. It is extant.
It was assigned to Apodes by Woodward (1902); to Colocephali by Jordan (1963); to Anguilloidei by Constantin (1999); to Anguilliformes by Betancur et al. (2013), Fourriére et al. (2014); and to Muraenoidei by Fierstine et al. (2012), Nelson et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Apodes by Woodward (1902); to Colocephali by Jordan (1963); to Anguilloidei by Constantin (1999); to Anguilliformes by Betancur et al. (2013), Fourriére et al. (2014); and to Muraenoidei by Fierstine et al. (2012), Nelson et al. (2016).
Subtaxa
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1902 | Muraenidae Woodward p. 30 |
| 1963 | Muraenidae Jordan p. 633 |
| 1999 | Muraenidae Constantin |
| 2012 | Muraenidae Fierstine et al. p. 13 |
| 2013 | Muraenidae Betancur et al. |
| 2014 | Muraenidae Fourriére et al. p. 380 |
| 2016 | Muraenidae Nelson et al. p. 143 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. Muraenidae
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G. Anarchias Bloch 1795
G. Gymnothorax Bloch 1795
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†Gymnothorax diagonalis Stinton and Nolf 1970
†Gymnothorax mordax Ayres 1859
Gymnothorax octavianus Myers and Wade 1941
G. Muraena Linnaeus 1758
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Muraena conger Linnaeus 1758 [European conger]
†Muraena saheliensis Arambourg 1927
G. †Otolithus Koken 1884
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Subg. Otolithus (Labrax) Pallas 1810
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†Labrax lepidotus Agassiz 1836
†Labrax major Agassiz 1834
†Labrax schizurus Agassiz 1835
†Labrax vogdtii Bogatshov 1942
Subg. †Otolithus (Platessae) Koken 1888
Invalid names: Heteromyridae [synonym], Muraeninae [empty], Uropterygiinae [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available