Species that contain: Anguilla and bengalensis [ 9 ] records

arracana, Anguilla McClelland [J.] 1844:178, 202, 209, Pl. 6 (fig. 2) [Calcutta Journal of Natural History v. 5 (no. 18); ref. 2928] Sandoway, Malaysia. Syntypes: SMF 768 (2). •Questionably a synonym of Anguilla nebulosa McClelland 1844 -- (Ege 1939:36 [ref. 13172]). •Synonym of Anguilla bengalensis (Gray 1831) -- (Menon 1999:5 [ref. 24904], Kottelat 2013:37 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Anguilla bengalensis (Gray 1831). Anguillidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

bengalensis, Muraena Gray [J. E.] 1831:no page number, Pl. 95 (fig. 5) [Illustrations of Indian zoology; ref. 1878] India. No types known. •Questionably a synonym of Anguilla nebulosa McClelland 1844 -- (Ege 1939:36 [ref. 13172]). •Valid as Anguilla bengalensis (Gray 1831) subspecies bengalensis -- (Abdul Kadir et al. 2017:103 [ref. 35571], Kuroki et al. 2022:179 [ref. 39912]). •Valid as Anguilla bengalensis (Gray 1831) -- (Shrestha 1978:40 [ref. 15970], Ataur Rahman 1989:41 [ref. 24860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:74 [ref. 20764], Skelton 1993:107 [ref. 24071], Zacharias et al. 1996:41 [ref. 25526], Manimekalan 1998:434 [ref. 24989], Fricke 1999:37 [ref. 24106], Menon 1999:5 [ref. 24904], Raju Thomas et al. 2000:444 [ref. 25319], Bijukumar & Sushama 2000:184 [ref. 25703], Skelton 2001:107 [ref. 27406], Raju Thomas et al. 2002:49 [ref. 26359], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S94 [ref. 27377], Khan 2003:6 [ref. 27710] with author as Gray and Hardwicke, Seegers et al. 2003:30 [ref. 28087] with subspecies, Ataur Rahman 2003:55[ref. 31338], Snoeks 2004:20 [ref. 28111], Shrestha 2008:43 [ref. 29923] as subspecies, Teng et al. 2009:817 [ref. 30569], Conway et al. 2011:1756 [ref. 31594], Marshall 2011:62 [ref. 31755] with 2 subspecies, Gurung et al. 2013:4482 [ref. 32969], Kottelat 2013:37 [ref. 32989], Suresh et al. 2018:56 [ref. 36495], Arndt & Fricke 2019:9 [ref. 36883], Ng et al. 2019:519 [ref. 36606], Freyhof et al. 2020:110 [ref. 37658], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 5 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:287 [ref. 37272], Jamaluddin et al. 2022:[5] [ref. 39245], Smith 2022:84 [ref. 39684], Tudu et al. 2022:43 [ref. 40484], Esmaeili & Hamidan 2023:205 [ref. 40377], Çiçek et al. 2024:34 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Anguilla bengalensis (Gray 1831). Anguillidae. Distribution: Indian Ocean and adjacent freshwater habitats: South Africa north to Kenya, east to Malaysia, north to Nepal. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

brevirostris, Anguilla McClelland [J.] 1844:177, 202, 208, Pl. 5 (fig. 1) [Calcutta Journal of Natural History v. 5 (no. 18); ref. 2928] Bengal, India and Arrakan, Burma. Syntypes: lost. •Questionably a synonym of Anguilla nebulosa McClelland 1844 -- (Ege 1939:36 [ref. 13172]). •Synonym of Anguilla bengalensis (Gray 1831) -- (Menon 1999:5 [ref. 24904], Kottelat 2013:37 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Anguilla bengalensis (Gray 1831). Anguillidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

elphinstonei, Anguilla Sykes [W. H.] 1839:165 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1838 (pt 6) (for 27 Nov. 1838); ref. 18720] Deccan, India. Appeared first as above, then in Sykes 1839:62 [ref. 4306]; more complete treatment in Sykes 1841:377, Pl. 67 (fig. 3) [ref. 18868]. •Questionably a synonym of Anguilla nebulosa McClelland 1844 -- (Ege 1939:36 [ref. 13172]). •Synonym of Anguilla bengalensis (Gray 1831) -- (Menon 1999:5 [ref. 24904], Kottelat 2013:37 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Anguilla japonica Temminck & Schlegel 1846 -- (Zhang et al. 2010:178 [ref. 31511]) Current status: Synonym of Anguilla bengalensis (Gray 1831). Anguillidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

labiata, Muraena (Anguilla) Peters [W. (C. H.)] 1852:684 [Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1852; ref. 18539] Zambezi and Licuare River, Mozambique. Syntypes: ZMB 6227 (1), 6228 (3, now 2). Also in Peters 1868:94, Pl. 17 [ref. 3440] as anguilla labiata. •Synonym of Anguilla nebulosa McClelland 1844, but a valid subspecies -- (Ege 1939:36 [ref. 13172]). •Synonym of Anguilla bengalensis (Gray 1831), but a valid subspecies labita (Peters 1852) -- (Castle 1984:34 [ref. 6171], Castle 1986:160 [ref. 5644], Skelton 1993:107 [ref. 24071], Fricke 1999:37 [ref. 24106], Keith et al. 1999:72 [ref. 24548], Skelton 2001:107 [ref. 27406], Seegers et al. 2003:30 [ref. 28087], Snoeks 2004:20 [ref. 28111], Teng et al. 2009:817 [ref. 30569], Marshall 2011:59 [ref. 31755], Kottelat 2013:37 [ref. 32989], Kuroki et al. 2022:179 [ref. 39912]). •Valid as Anguilla labiata (Peters 1852) -- (Fricke et al. 2009:13 [ref. 30213]). Current status: Valid as Anguilla labiata (Peters 1852). Anguillidae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean and Africa: South African, East African, Réunion and Mauritius (western Mascarenes) watersheds and adjacent waters of Western Indian Ocean. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

macrophthalmos, Muraena (Anguilla) Peters [W. (C. H.)] 1852:684 [Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1852; ref. 18539] Tette [Tete], Zambezi River, Mozambique. Holotype (unique): ZMB 6226. Also in Peters 1868:99, Pl. 19 [ref. 3440] as Anguilla macrophthalma. •Synonym of Anguilla nebulosa McClelland 1844, subspecies labiata (Peters 1852) -- (Ege 1939:36 [ref. 13172]). •Synonym of Anguilla bengalensis (Gray 1831) subspecies labiata (Peters 1852) -- (Castle 1984:35 [ref. 6171]). •Synonym of Anguilla bengalensis (Gray 1931) -- (Kottelat 2013:37 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Anguilla labiata (Peters 1852). Current status: Synonym of Anguilla labiata (Peters 1852). Anguillidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

mauritiana, Anguilla Bennett [E. T.] 1831:128 [Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 1830-31 (pt 1); ref. 16794] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. No types known. •Synonym of Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Dor 1984:26 [ref. 29757]). •Synonym of Anguilla bengalensis (Gray 1831) -- (Menon 1999:5 [ref. 24904]). •Synonym of Anguilla marmorata Quoy & Gaimard 1824 -- (Ege 1939:36 [ref. 13172], Okada 1961:592 [ref. 6363], Castle 1984:36 [ref. 6171], Castle 1986:161 [ref. 5644], Kuang & Yu in Kuang et al. 1986:28 [ref. 26639], Kuang in Pan et al. 1991:55 [ref. 23876], Kim 1997:540 [ref. 24032], Fricke 1999:37 [ref. 24106], Choi et al. 2003:490 [ref. 26218], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:316 [ref. 28867], Fricke et al. 2011:348 [ref. 31242], Kottelat 2013:38 [32989], Ho et al. 2015:142 [ref. 34130]). Current status: Synonym of Anguilla marmorata Quoy & Gaimard 1824. Anguillidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

nebulosa, Anguilla McClelland [J.] 1844:179, 202, Pl. 5 (fig. 2) [Calcutta Journal of Natural History v. 5 (no. 18); ref. 2928] Bengal, India and Sandoway, Burma. Syntypes: SMF 993 (1). •Synonym of Anguilla bengalensis (Gray 1831) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:74 [ref. 20764], Menon 1999:5 [ref. 24904], Ataur Rahman 2003:55 [ref. 31338], Kottelat 2013:37 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Anguilla nebulosa McClelland 1844, subspecies nebulosa McClelland 1844 -- (Watanabe et al. 2005:677 [ref. 39169]). •Valid as Anguilla nebulosa McClelland 1844 -- (Ege 1939:36 [ref. 13172], Pethiyagoda 1991:46 [ref. 20075], Kottelat et al. 1993:8 [ref. 23448], Zhu 1995:18 [ref. 25213], Huang et al. 2001:42 [ref. 25846], Zhang et al. 2010:182 [ref. 31511], Zhang et al. 2016:46 [ref. 34477], Miesen et al. 2016:81 [ref. 34492]). Current status: Valid as Anguilla nebulosa McClelland 1844. Anguillidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

variegata, Anguilla McClelland [J.] 1844:179, 204, 208, Pl. 9 (fig. 7) [Calcutta Journal of Natural History v. 5 (no. 18); ref. 2928] Ganges at Behar, Bengal, India. No types known. •Synonym of Anguilla bengalensis (Gray 1831) -- (Menon 1999:5 [ref. 24904], Kottelat 2013:37 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Anguilla bengalensis (Gray 1831). Anguillidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.