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: Moringuidae
Genus: Moringua
Species: M. abbreviata – M. arundinacea – M. bicolor – M. cagayana – M. edwardsi – M. ferruginea – M. floresiana – M. hawaiiensis – M. javanica – M. latebrosa – M. linearis – M. lumbriciformis – M. lumbricoidea – M. macrocephalus – M. macrochir – M. oculata – M. penni – M. raitaborua – M. robusta – M. semperviridens – M. socialis
Name
Moringua
Type species: Moringua linearis Gray, 1831.
Synonyms
Anguillichthys Mowbray in Breder, 1927
Aphthalmichthys Kaup, 1856
Mayerina Silvester, 1915
Merinthichthys Howell Rivero, 1934
Pachyurus Swainson, 1839
Pseudomoringua Bleeker, 1864
Pterurus Swainson, 1839
Ptyobranchus McClelland, 1844
Rataboura Gray, 1831
Stilbiscus Jordan & Bollman, 1889
Primary references
Gray, J. E., 1830-35: 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.
Links
BHL bibliography
Moringua – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Moringua.
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Nomenclator Zoologicus
Moringua 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.
Moringua is a genus of eels of the family Moringuidae that occur in shallow tropical and subtropical waters. It contains these described species:
Moringua abbreviata (Bleeker, 1863)
Moringua arundinacea (McClelland, 1844) (Bengal spaghetti eel)
Moringua bicolor Kaup, 1856
Moringua edwardsi (D. S. Jordan & Bollman, 1889) (spaghetti eel)
Moringua ferruginea Bliss, 1883 (rusty spaghetti eel)
Moringua javanica (Kaup, 1856) (Java spaghetti eel)
Moringua macrocephalus (Bleeker, 1863)
Moringua macrochir Bleeker, 1855
Moringua microchir Bleeker, 1853 (lesser thrush eel)
Moringua penni L. P. Schultz, 1953 (Penn's thrush eel)
Moringua raitaborua (F. Hamilton, 1822) (purple spaghetti eel)
References
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Moringua in FishBase. June 2011 version.
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