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: Congroidei
Familia: Muraenesocidae
Genus: Muraenesox
Species (2): M. bagio – M. cinereus
Name
Muraenesox McClelland, 1844: 408
Gender: masculine.
Type species: Muraenesox tricuspidata McClelland, 1844.
Fixation: type by subsequent designation, by Jordan, 1919: 220.
Etymology: portmanteau of genera Muraena Linnaeus, 1758, moray, and Esox Linnaeus, 1758, pike.
References
Primary references
McClelland, J. 1843. Description of a collection of fishes made at Chusan and Ningpo in China, by Dr. G. R. Playfair, Surgeon of the Phlegethon, war steamer, during the late military operations in that country. Calcutta Journal of Natural History, 4(4): 390–413, Pls. 21–25. BHL
Jordan, D.S. 1919. The genera of fishes, part II, from Agassiz to Bleeker, 1833-1858, twenty-six years, with the accepted type of each. A contribution to the stability of scientific nomenclature. Leland Stanford Junior University Publications, University Series, 36: i–ix + 163–284 + i–xiii. BHL
Links
Muraenesox McClelland, 1844 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Muraenesox 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.
Muraenesox species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Muraenesox is a small genus of eels found throughout the Indo-Pacific. It currently has three described species as most species have been moved to other genera. Members are found in the Indo-West Pacific.[2]
Species
Muraenesox bagio (F. Hamilton, 1822) (Common Pike Conger)
Muraenesox cinereus (Forsskål, 1775) (Daggertooth Pike Conger)
Muraenesox yamaguchiensis Katayama & Takai, 1954
References
"Muraenesox". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2023). Species of Muraenesox in FishBase. December 2023 version.
Van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357–374
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