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Anguilla Schrank, 1798

1380683  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1380683)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Actinopterygii (Class)
  6. Anguilliformes (Order)
  7. Anguillidae (Family)
  8. Anguilla (Genus)
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Angill · unaccepted (misspelling)

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  1. Species Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  2. Species Anguilla australis Richardson, 1841
  3. Species Anguilla bengalensis (Gray, 1831)
  4. Species Anguilla bicolor McClelland, 1844
  5. Species Anguilla celebesensis Kaup, 1856
  6. Species Anguilla dieffenbachii Gray, 1842
  7. Species Anguilla interioris Whitley, 1938
  8. Species Anguilla japonica Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
  9. Species Anguilla luzonensis Watanabe, Aoyama & Tsukamoto, 2009
  10. Species Anguilla malgumora Kaup, 1856
  11. Species Anguilla marmorata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
  12. Species Anguilla megastoma Kaup, 1856
  13. Species Anguilla mossambica (Peters, 1852)
  14. Species Anguilla nebulosa McClelland, 1844
  15. Species Anguilla nigricans Chu & Wu, 1984
  16. Species Anguilla obscura Günther, 1872
  17. Species Anguilla reinhardtii Steindachner, 1867
  18. Species Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817)
  19. Species Anguilla sidat Bleeker, 1853
  20. Species Anguilla acutirostris Risso, 1827 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  21. Species Anguilla aegyptiaca Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  22. Species Anguilla altirostris Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  23. Species Anguilla amblodon Günther, 1867 accepted as Anguilla bicolor McClelland, 1844
  24. Species Anguilla ancestralis Ege, 1939 accepted as Anguilla celebesensis Kaup, 1856
  25. Species Anguilla ancidda Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  26. Species Anguilla anguillai (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  27. Species Anguilla anguillia (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  28. Species Anguilla arracana McClelland, 1844 accepted as Anguilla bengalensis (Gray, 1831)
  29. Species Anguilla aterrima Rafinesque, 1820 accepted as Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817)
  30. Species Anguilla austrata Richardson, 1841 accepted as Anguilla australis Richardson, 1841
  31. Species Anguilla bibroni Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  32. Species Anguilla bicolour accepted as Anguilla bicolor McClelland, 1844
  33. Species Anguilla bleekeri Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla bicolor McClelland, 1844
  34. Species Anguilla blephura Rafinesque, 1817 accepted as Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817)
  35. Species Anguilla borneensis Popta, 1924 accepted as Anguilla malgumora Kaup, 1856
  36. Species Anguilla brevirostris Cisternas, 1877 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  37. Species Anguilla callensis Guichenot, 1850 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  38. Species Anguilla canariensis Valenciennes, 1843 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  39. Species Anguilla cantori Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla bicolor McClelland, 1844
  40. Species Anguilla capensis Kaup, 1860 accepted as Anguilla mossambica (Peters, 1852)
  41. Species Anguilla capitone Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  42. Species Anguilla celebensis Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla celebesensis Kaup, 1856
  43. Species Anguilla cellebesensis Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla celebesensis Kaup, 1856
  44. Species Anguilla chrisypa Rafinesque, 1817 accepted as Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817)
  45. Species Anguilla cloacina Bonaparte, 1846 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  46. Species Anguilla conger (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Conger conger (Linnaeus, 1758)
  47. Species Anguilla cubana Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817)
  48. Species Anguilla cuvieri Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  49. Species Anguilla delalandi Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla mossambica (Peters, 1852)
  50. Species Anguilla delalandii Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla mossambica (Peters, 1852)
  51. Species Anguilla dieffenbachi Gray, 1842 accepted as Anguilla dieffenbachii Gray, 1842
  52. Species Anguilla dussumieri Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla bicolor McClelland, 1844
  53. Species Anguilla elphinstonei Sykes, 1839 accepted as Anguilla nebulosa McClelland, 1844
  54. Species Anguilla eurystoma Heckel & Kner, 1858 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  55. Species Anguilla fluviatilis Heckel & Kner, 1858 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  56. Species Anguilla fluviatilis Anslijn, 1828 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  57. Species Anguilla fluviatilis Gistel, 1848 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  58. Species Anguilla hibernica Couch, 1865 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  59. Species Anguilla hildebrandti Peters, 1881 accepted as Anguilla marmorata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
  60. Species Anguilla huangi Teng, Lin & Tzeng, 2009 accepted as Anguilla luzonensis Watanabe, Aoyama & Tsukamoto, 2009
  61. Species Anguilla johannae Günther, 1867 accepted as Anguilla marmorata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
  62. Species Anguilla kieneri Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  63. Species Anguilla labiata (Peters, 1852) accepted as Anguilla bengalensis (Gray, 1831)
  64. Species Anguilla laticanda Rafinesque, 1818 accepted as Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817)
  65. Species Anguilla laticauda Rafinesque, 1818 accepted as Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817)
  66. Species Anguilla latirostris Risso, 1827 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  67. Species Anguilla linnei Malm, 1877 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  68. Species Anguilla lutea Rafinesque, 1820 accepted as Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817)
  69. Species Anguilla macrophthalma (Peters, 1852) accepted as Anguilla bengalensis (Gray, 1831)
  70. Species Anguilla macrops Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817)
  71. Species Anguilla malabarica Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla bicolor McClelland, 1844
  72. Species Anguilla marginata Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  73. Species Anguilla marginipinnis Macleay, 1883 accepted as Anguilla obscura Günther, 1872
  74. Species Anguilla marina (Nardo, 1847) accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  75. Species Anguilla marmolata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 accepted as Anguilla marmorata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
  76. Species Anguilla mauritiana Bennett, 1831 accepted as Anguilla marmorata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
  77. Species Anguilla mediorostris Risso, 1827 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  78. Species Anguilla melanochir Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  79. Species Anguilla microptera Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  80. Species Anguilla migratoria Krøyer, 1846 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  81. Species Anguilla moa Bleeker, 1849 accepted as Anguilla bicolor McClelland, 1844
  82. Species Anguilla morena Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  83. Species Anguilla mowa Bleeker, 1853 accepted as Anguilla bicolor McClelland, 1844
  84. Species Anguilla myriaster Brevoort, 1856 accepted as Conger myriaster (Brevoort, 1856)
  85. Species Anguilla nilotica Kaup, 1857 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  86. Species Anguilla nilotica Heckel, 1846 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  87. Species Anguilla novaeorleanensis Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817)
  88. Species Anguilla novaeterrae Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817)
  89. Species Anguilla oblongirostris Blanchard, 1866 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  90. Species Anguilla obtusa Swainson, 1839 accepted as Conger conger (Linnaeus, 1758)
  91. Species Anguilla oceanica Mitchill, 1818 accepted as Conger oceanicus (Mitchill, 1818)
  92. Species Anguilla pacifica Schmidt, 1928 accepted as Anguilla bicolor McClelland, 1844
  93. Species Anguilla platycephala Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  94. Species Anguilla platyrhynchus Costa, 1850 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  95. Species Anguilla punctatissima Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817)
  96. Species Anguilla reinhardti Steindachner, 1867 accepted as Anguilla reinhardtii Steindachner, 1867
  97. Species Anguilla remifera Jordan & Evermann, 1902 accepted as Anguilla japonica Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
  98. Species Anguilla savignyi Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  99. Species Anguilla schmidti Philipps, 1925 accepted as Anguilla australis Richardson, 1841
  100. Species Anguilla septembrina Bonaparte, 1846 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  101. Species Anguilla serpens Shaw, 1803 accepted as Ophichthus ophis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  102. Species Anguilla spengeli Weber, 1912 accepted as Anguilla bicolor McClelland, 1844
  103. Species Anguilla tenuirostris DeKay, 1842 accepted as Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817)
  104. Species Anguilla texana Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817)
  105. Species Anguilla tyrannus Girard, 1858 accepted as Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817)
  106. Species Anguilla variegata McClelland, 1844 accepted as Anguilla bengalensis (Gray, 1831)
  107. Species Anguilla virescens (Peters, 1852) accepted as Anguilla bicolor McClelland, 1844
  108. Species Anguilla vulgaris Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  109. Species Anguilla vulgaris Shaw, 1803 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  110. Species Anguilla wabashensis Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817)
  111. Species Anguilla xanthomelas Rafinesque, 1820 accepted as Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Fauna Boica, 1 (2), 304
page(s): 307 [details]   
Taxonomic remark Apparently appeared first as name only in Thunberg 1795. Schrank as author predates Shaw 1803. See Opinion 1672 in which...  
Taxonomic remark Apparently appeared first as name only in Thunberg 1795. Schrank as author predates Shaw 1803. See Opinion 1672 in which Anguilla is placed on the Official List. (Eschmeyer). [details]
IRMNG (2024). Anguilla Schrank, 1798. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1380683 on 2024-04-23
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2006-09-20 22:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony
2016-11-22 11:10:04Z
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db_admin
2017-11-22 13:18:58Z
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Decock, Wim

original description Fauna Boica, 1 (2), 304
page(s): 307 [details]   

basis of record SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998 [details]   

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]   

basis of record Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2008 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]   

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]   

verified source for family Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]   

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]   

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]   

current name source Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]   

extant flag source Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 363, 1-560. [details]   

habitat flag source FishBase [details]   

original description  (of Tribanchus Weber, 1913) Siboga Exped., 65, no. 57
page(s): 708 [details]   

original description  (of Tribranchus Peters in Müller, 1846) Abh. Preuss. Akad. Wiss., 1844
page(s): 193 [details]   

original description  (of Terpolepis McClelland, 1844) Calcutta J. Nat. Hist., 5 (18)
page(s): 225 [details]   
From other sources
Descriptive info From FishBase: Freshwater + Brackish + Marine. FishBase flag: Mixed Marine + Freshwater. [details]

Habitat Marine and nonmarine [details]

Taxonomic remark Apparently appeared first as name only in Thunberg 1795. Schrank as author predates Shaw 1803. See Opinion 1672 in which Anguilla is placed on the Official List. (Eschmeyer). [details]

Type species as cited Muraena anguilla Linnaeus 1758 [details]
To BioNames database (from synonym Neoanguilla Shrestha, 2008)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Neoanguilla Shrestha, 2008)
To WoRMS 
To WoRMS (from synonym Tribranchus Peters in Müller, 1846)
To WoRMS (from synonym Angill)
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