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Anguilla Schrank, 1798

125620  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125620)

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Angguilla · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
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 labiata (Peters, 1852)
  10. Species Anguilla luzonensis Watanabe, Aoyama & Tsukamoto, 2009
  11. Species Anguilla malgumora Kaup, 1856
  12. Species Anguilla marmorata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
  13. Species Anguilla megastoma Kaup, 1856
  14. Species Anguilla mossambica (Peters, 1852)
  15. Species Anguilla nebulosa McClelland, 1844
  16. Species Anguilla obscura Günther, 1872
  17. Species Anguilla reinhardtii Steindachner, 1867
  18. Species Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817)
  19. Subgenus Anguilla (Ophisoma) Swainson, 1839 accepted as Ariosoma Swainson, 1838 (synonym)
  20. Species Anguilla acuminata Swainson, 1839 accepted as Pisodonophis boro (Hamilton, 1822)
  21. Species Anguilla acutirostris Risso, 1827 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  22. Species Anguilla aegyptiaca Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  23. Species Anguilla altirostris Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  24. Species Anguilla amblodon Günther, 1867 accepted as Anguilla bicolor McClelland, 1844
  25. Species Anguilla amboinensis Peters, 1866 accepted as Anguilla celebesensis Kaup, 1856 (synonym)
  26. Species Anguilla ancestralis Ege, 1939 accepted as Anguilla celebesensis Kaup, 1856
  27. Species Anguilla ancidda Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  28. Species Anguilla anguillai (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling)
  29. Species Anguilla anguillia (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling)
  30. Species Anguilla angustidens Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla japonica Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 (synonym)
  31. Species Anguilla arracana McClelland, 1844 accepted as Anguilla bengalensis (Gray, 1831)
  32. Species Anguilla aterrima Rafinesque, 1820 accepted as Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817)
  33. Species Anguilla austrata Richardson, 1841 accepted as Anguilla australis Richardson, 1841 (misspelling)
  34. Species Anguilla bibroni Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  35. Species Anguilla bleekeri Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla bicolor McClelland, 1844
  36. Species Anguilla blephura Rafinesque, 1817 accepted as Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817)
  37. Species Anguilla bostoniensis (Lesueur, 1817) accepted as Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817)
  38. Species Anguilla breviceps Chu & Jin, 1984 accepted as Anguilla japonica Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 (synonym)
  39. Species Anguilla brevirostris Cisternas, 1877 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
  40. Species Anguilla brevirostris McClelland, 1844 accepted as Anguilla bengalensis (Gray, 1831)
  41. Species Anguilla callensis Guichenot, 1850 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  42. Species Anguilla canariensis Valenciennes, 1843 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  43. Species Anguilla cantori Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla bicolor McClelland, 1844
  44. Species Anguilla capensis Kaup, 1859 accepted as Anguilla mossambica (Peters, 1852) (synonym)
  45. Species Anguilla capitone Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  46. Species Anguilla celebensis Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla celebesensis Kaup, 1856 (misspelling)
  47. Species Anguilla cellebesensis Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla celebesensis Kaup, 1856 (misspelling)
  48. Species Anguilla chrisypa Rafinesque, 1817 accepted as Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817)
  49. Species Anguilla cloacina Bonaparte, 1846 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  50. Species Anguilla conger (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Conger conger (Linnaeus, 1758)
  51. Species Anguilla cubana Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817)
  52. Species Anguilla cuvieri Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  53. Species Anguilla delalandi Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla mossambica (Peters, 1852)
  54. Species Anguilla delalandii Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla mossambica (Peters, 1852) (misspelling)
  55. Species Anguilla dieffenbachi Gray, 1842 accepted as Anguilla dieffenbachii Gray, 1842 (misspelling)
  56. Species Anguilla dussumieri Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla bicolor McClelland, 1844
  57. Species Anguilla elphinstonei Sykes, 1839 accepted as Anguilla bengalensis (Gray, 1831) (synonym)
  58. Species Anguilla eurystoma Heckel & Kner, 1858 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
  59. Species Anguilla fidjiensis Günther, 1870 accepted as Anguilla marmorata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
  60. Species Anguilla fluviatilis Heckel & Kner, 1858 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  61. Species Anguilla fluviatilis Anslijn, 1828 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  62. Species Anguilla fluviatilis Gistel, 1848 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  63. Species Anguilla hibernica Couch, 1865 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  64. Species Anguilla hildebrandti Peters, 1881 accepted as Anguilla marmorata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 (synonym)
  65. Species Anguilla hildebrandti Sauvage, 1891 accepted as Anguilla marmorata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 (ambiguous synonym)
  66. Species Anguilla huangi Teng, Lin & Tzeng, 2009 accepted as Anguilla luzonensis Watanabe, Aoyama & Tsukamoto, 2009
  67. Species Anguilla immaculata Swainson, 1839 accepted as Pisodonophis boro (Hamilton, 1822) (synonym)
  68. Species Anguilla johannae Günther, 1867 accepted as Anguilla marmorata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
  69. Species Anguilla kieneri Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  70. Species Anguilla labrosa Richardson, 1848 accepted as Anguilla marmorata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 (synonym)
  71. Species Anguilla laticanda Rafinesque, 1818 accepted as Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817)
  72. Species Anguilla laticauda Rafinesque, 1818 accepted as Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817) (synonym)
  73. Species Anguilla latirostris Risso, 1827 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  74. Species Anguilla linnei Malm, 1877 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  75. Species Anguilla lutea Rafinesque, 1820 accepted as Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817)
  76. Species Anguilla macrophthalma (Peters, 1852) accepted as Anguilla labiata (Peters, 1852)
  77. Species Anguilla macrops Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817)
  78. Species Anguilla maculatus Swainson, 1839 accepted as Moringua raitaborua (Hamilton, 1822) (synonym)
  79. Species Anguilla malabarica Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla bicolor McClelland, 1844
  80. Species Anguilla manabei Jordan, 1913 accepted as Anguilla japonica Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
  81. Species Anguilla marginata Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  82. Species Anguilla marina (Nardo, 1847) accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  83. Species Anguilla marmolata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 accepted as Anguilla marmorata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 (misspelling)
  84. Species Anguilla mauritiana Bennett, 1831 accepted as Anguilla marmorata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
  85. Species Anguilla mediorostris Risso, 1827 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  86. Species Anguilla melanochir Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  87. Species Anguilla microptera Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  88. Species Anguilla migratoria Krøyer, 1846 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  89. Species Anguilla moa Bleeker, 1849 accepted as Anguilla bicolor McClelland, 1844
  90. Species Anguilla morena Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  91. Species Anguilla mowa Bleeker, 1852 accepted as Anguilla bicolor McClelland, 1844 (synonym)
  92. Species Anguilla myriaster Brevoort, 1856 accepted as Conger myriaster (Brevoort, 1856)
  93. Species Anguilla nigricans Chu & Wu, 1984 accepted as Anguilla japonica Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 (synonym)
  94. Species Anguilla nilotica Heckel, 1846 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  95. Species Anguilla nilotica Kaup, 1857 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  96. Species Anguilla novaeorleanensis Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817)
  97. Species Anguilla novaeterrae Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817)
  98. Species Anguilla oblongirostris Blanchard, 1866 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  99. Species Anguilla obtusa Swainson, 1839 accepted as Conger conger (Linnaeus, 1758)
  100. Species Anguilla oceanica Mitchill, 1818 accepted as Conger oceanicus (Mitchill, 1818)
  101. Species Anguilla pacifica Schmidt, 1928 accepted as Anguilla bicolor McClelland, 1844
  102. Species Anguilla platycephala Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  103. Species Anguilla platyrhynchus Costa, 1850 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  104. Species Anguilla punctatissima Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817)
  105. Species Anguilla puncticulata Swainson, 1839 accepted as Pisodonophis hijala (Hamilton, 1822) (synonym)
  106. Species Anguilla reinhardti Steindachner, 1867 accepted as Anguilla reinhardtii Steindachner, 1867 (misspelling)
  107. Species Anguilla remifera Jordan & Evermann, 1902 accepted as Anguilla japonica Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
  108. Species Anguilla savignyi Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  109. Species Anguilla schmidtii Phillipps, 1925 accepted as Anguilla australis Richardson, 1841
  110. Species Anguilla septembrina Bonaparte, 1846 accepted as Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  111. Species Anguilla serpens Shaw, 1803 accepted as Ophichthus ophis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  112. Species Anguilla sidat Bleeker, 1852 accepted as Anguilla bicolor McClelland, 1844 (synonym)
  113. Species Anguilla sinensis McClelland, 1843 accepted as Anguilla japonica Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
  114. Species Anguilla spengeli Weber, 1912 accepted as Anguilla bicolor McClelland, 1844
  115. Species Anguilla tenuirostris DeKay, 1842 accepted as Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817)
  116. Species Anguilla texana Kaup, 1856 accepted as Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817)
  117. Species Anguilla tyrannus Girard, 1858 accepted as Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817)
  118. Species Anguilla variegata McClelland, 1844 (unaccepted)
  119. Species Anguilla virescens (Peters, 1852) (unaccepted)
  120. Species Anguilla vulgaris Shaw, 1803 (unaccepted)
  121. Species Anguilla vulgaris Rafinesque, 1810 (unaccepted)
  122. Species Anguilla wabashensis Kaup, 1856 (unaccepted)
  123. Species Anguilla xanthomelas Rafinesque, 1820 (unaccepted, synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Schrank, F. von P. (1798). Fauna Boica, durchgedachte Geschichte der in Baiern einheimischen und zahmen Thiere. Erster Band. <em>Stein'sche Buchhandlung, Nürnberg.</em> v. 1: i-xii + 1-720., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31376383
page(s): 307 [details] 
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Anguilla Schrank, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125620 on 2024-11-23
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original description Schrank, F. von P. (1798). Fauna Boica, durchgedachte Geschichte der in Baiern einheimischen und zahmen Thiere. Erster Band. <em>Stein'sche Buchhandlung, Nürnberg.</em> v. 1: i-xii + 1-720., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31376383
page(s): 307 [details] 

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

basis of record 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 (look up in IMIS) [details] 
 
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