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Muraena helena Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em>
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Actinopterygii
order
Anguilliformes
family
Muraenidae
genus
Muraena
species
Muraena helena

Name

Synonyms
Gymnothorax muraena Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Limamuraena guttata (Risso, 1827)
Limmamuraena guttata (Risso, 1827)
Muraena australiae Richardson, 1848
Muraena bettencourti Osório, 1911
Muraena guttata Risso, 1827
Muraena helaena Linnaeus, 1758
Muraena helena australiae Richardson, 1848
Muraena punctata Rafinesque, 1810
Muraena romana Shaw, 1803
Muraena variegata Rafinesque, 1810
Muraena vorax Ogilby, 1907
Muraenophis bettencourti (Osório, 1911)
Muraenophis fulva Risso, 1810
Muraenophis helena (Linnaeus, 1758)
Murena guttata Risso, 1827
Murena punctata Rafinesque, 1810
Murena variegata Rafinesque, 1810
Murenophis bettencourti (Osório, 1911)
Thyrsoidea atlantica Johnson, 1862
Homonyms
Muraena helena Linnaeus, 1758
Common names
Bisato indevisà in Italian
Black moray in English
Double tooth soldierfish in English
Europæisk muræne in Danish
Gjarpër deti in Albanian
Kiwo na Bevay in language.
Lamrini in Arabic
Lefâa in Arabic
M'rina in Arabic
Malibanos in Tagalog
Marbled moray in English
Marbled moray in English
Marina in Maltese
Marina in Arabic
Marina in Maltese
Marina in Croatian
Mediterranean moray in English
Mediterranean moray in English
Mediterranean moray in English
Mediterranean moray in English
Mediterranean moray in English
Meraine in Italian
Merina in Turkish
Merina in Turkish
Merina balığı in Turkish
Mittelmeer-Muräne in German
Mittelmeermurane in German
Mittelmeermurane in German
Moray in English
Moray in English
Moray eel in English
Moray eel in English
Moreia in Portuguese
Moreia in Portuguese
Moreia in Portuguese
Moreia in Portuguese
Moreia pintada in Portuguese
Moreia preta in Portuguese
Moreia-amarela in Portuguese
Moreia-legítima in Portuguese
Moreia-pintada in language.
Moreia-pintada in Portuguese
Moreia-preta in Portuguese
Moreia-preta in Portuguese
Moreia-preta in Portuguese
Morena in Spanish
Morena in Spanish
Morena in Italian
Morena in Catalan–Valencian
Morena mediterránea in Spanish

Bibliographic References

  1. Artedi, A.P. (1793). Sueci synonymia nominum piscium fere omnium. Ichthyologiae pars IV. Editio II. <em>Röse: Grypeswaldiae.</em>
  2. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  3. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021).
  4. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 1672 Muraena Linnaeus, 1758 and Anguilla Schrank, 1798 (Osteichthyes, Anguilliformes): placed on the Official List of Generic Names.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 49, 93-94 (1992)
  5. Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em>
  6. Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp.
  7. Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.
  8. van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374
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