Anguilla

Life-forms

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: Anguillidae
Genus: Anguilla
Species: A. anguilla - A. australis - A. bengalensis - A. bicolor - A. borneensis - A. celebesensis - A. dieffenbachii – A. huangi – A. interioris - A. japonica - A. malgumora - A. marmorata - A. megastoma - A. mossambica - A. nebulosa - A. nigricans - A. obscura - A. reinhardtii - A. rostrata

Name

Anguilla Garsault, 1764: pl. 661 (Welter-Schultes & Klug, 2009)

Type species: Muraena anguilla Linnaeus, 1758, by subsequent monotypy by Schrank (1798).

Note: Anguilla as used by Schrank, 1798: 304, 307 is a subsequent use of Anguilla Garsault, 1764. (Welter-Schultes & Klug, 2009)
References
Primary references

Garsault, F.A.P. de 1764. Les figures des plantes et animaux d'usage en médecine, décrits dans la Matière Médicale de Mr. Geoffroy Médecin, dessinés d'après nature. Gravés par Mrs. Defehrt, Prevost, Duflos, Martinet &c. Niquet scrip. Vol. 5. pl. 644–729. Paris: Desprez. BHL. Reference page.
Schrank, F. von P. 1798. Fauna Boica. Durchgedachte Geschichte der in Baiern einheimischen und zahmen Thiere Vol. 1: i–xii + 1–720. BHL Reference page.
Welter-Schultes, F.W. & Klug, R. 2009. Nomenclatural consequences resulting from the rediscovery of Les figures des plantes et animaux d’usage en médecine, a rare work published by Garsault in 1764, in the zoological literature. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 66(3): 225–241. DOI: 10.21805/bzn.v66i3.a1. Reference page.

Additional references

Hoese, D.F. and J.E. Gates 2006: Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 35. Fishes.
Teng, H.Y. , Y.S. Lin, & C.S. Tzeng 2009: A New Anguilla Species and a Reanalysis of the Phylogeny of Freshwater Eels. Zoological Studies 48 (6): 808–822. Full article: [1].

Vernacular names
català: anguila
Deutsch: Aal
Ελληνικά: χέλι (chéli)
English: eel
español: anguila
eesti: aal
français: anguille
hrvatski: jegulja
magyar: angolna
italiano: anguilla, capitone
português: enguia
română: anghilă, țipar
русский: речные угри
shqip: ngjalë
தமிழ்: விலாங்கு
ไทย: ปลาตูหนา, ปลาสะแงะ, ปลาเอี่ยนหู
Türkçe: yılan balığı
中文: 鰻鱺, 鳗鱼 (mányú)