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Anguilla marmorata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1824). Description des Poissons. Chapter IX. <em>In: Freycinet, L. de, Voyage autour du Monde...exécuté sur les corvettes de L. M.</em> 192-401 [1-328 in 1824; 329-616 in 1825], Atlas pls. 43-65.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Anguilliformes
family
Anguillidae
genus
Anguilla
species
Anguilla marmorata

Name

Synonyms
Anguilla fidjiensis Günther, 1870
Anguilla hildebrandti Peters, 1881
Anguilla hildebrandti Sauvage, 1891
Anguilla johannae Günther, 1867
Anguilla labrosa Richardson, 1848
Anguilla marmolata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
Anguilla mauritiana Bennett, 1831
Anguilla ohannae Günther, 1867
Muraena manillensis Bleeker, 1864
Homonyms
Anguilla marmorata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
Common names
Anguille marbrée in French
Anguille marbrée in French
Anguille marbrée in French
Anguille, Anguille marbrée, Congre in French
Giant mottled eel in English
Z'anguille, Z'amab in language.
anguilla moteada gigante in Spanish
giant mottled eel in English
giant mottled eel in English
grande anguille marbrée in French
marbled eel in English
オオウナギ in Japanese
Marbled Eel in English
Anguille marbrée in French
Giant Long-finned Eel in English
Giant Mottled Eel in English
Pla Lai Yak in Thai
Reus-bontpaling in Afrikaans
giant mottled eel in English
オオウナギ in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2003: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
  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). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
  4. Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
  5. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  6. Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1824-1825). Description des Poissons. Chapter IX. <em>In: Freycinet, L. de, Voyage autour du Monde...exécuté sur les corvettes de L. M.</em> 192-401 [1-328 in 1824; 329-616 in 1825], Atlas pls. 43-65.
  7. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: World Fishes Important to North Americans Exclusive of Species from the Continental Waters of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 21. 243.
  8. Smith, D. G. / Carpenter, Kent E., and Volker H. Niem, eds., 1999: Anguillidae: Freshwater eels. FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes: The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific, vol. 3: Batoid fishes, chimaeras and Bony fishes, part 1 (Elopidae to Linophrynidae). 1630-1636.
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