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Species that contain: Anguilla and bicolor [ 16 ] records

amblodon, Anguilla Günther [A.] in Playfair & Günther 1867:125, Fig. [The fishes of Zanzibar; ref. 3490] Seychelles. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1867.3.9.422 (stuffed). •Synonym of Anguilla bicolor McClelland 1844 -- (Ege 1939:151 [ref. 13172], Castle 1984:36 [ref. 6171]., Kottelat 2013:37 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Anguilla bicolor McClelland 1844. Anguillidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

bicolor, Anguilla McClelland [J.] 1844:178, 202, 209, Pl. 6 (fig. 1) [Calcutta Journal of Natural History v. 5 (no. 18); ref. 2928] Sandoway, Malay coast, India. Syntypes: SMF 776 (1). •Valid as Anguilla bicolor McClelland 1844 -- (Ege 1939:151 [ref. 13172], Castle 1984:34 [ref. 6171], Castle 1986:160 [ref. 5644], Paxton et al. 1989:123 [ref. 12442], Allen 1991:39 [ref. 21090], Pethiyagoda 1991:44 [ref. 20075], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:75 [ref. 20764], Kottelat et al. 1993:7 [ref. 23448], Skelton 1993:106 [ref. 24071], Quéro & Saldanha 1995:63 [ref. 22017], Zhu 1995:18 [ref. 25213], Rainboth 1996:57 [ref. 22772], Reinthal & Stiassny 1997:354 [ref. 22780], Fricke 1999:37 [ref. 24106], Keith et al. 1999:74 [ref. 24548], Smith 1999:1634 [ref. 24661], Menon 1999:6 [ref. 24904], Allen et al. 2000:29 [ref. 27467], Hutchins 2001:16 [ref. 25847], Skelton 2001:106 [ref. 27406], Allen et al. 2002:61 [ref. 25930], Raju Thomas et al. 2002:49 [ref. 26359], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S94 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:610 [ref. 27495], Seegers et al. 2003:30 [ref. 28087], Morgan et al. 2004:150 [ref. 27718], Heemstra et al. 2004:3316 [ref. 27945] dated 1845, Watanabe et al. 2005:677 [ref. 39169] subspecies bicolor, Hoese & Gates 2006:236 [ref. 28997], Allen et al. 2008:34 [ref. 30265], Tan & Kottelat 2009:25 [ref. 30261], Fricke et al. 2009:13 [ref. 30213], Teng et al. 2009:817 [ref. 30569], Zhang et al. 2010:180 [ref. 31511], Morgan et al. 2011:10 [ref. 31262], Marshall 2011:59 [ref. 31755], Larson et al. 2013:24 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:37 [ref. 32989], Morgan et al. 2014:11 [ref. 36567], Zhang et al. 2016:46 [ref. 34477], Miesen et al. 2016:80 [ref. 34492], Pusey et al. 2017:16 [ref. 35250], Abdul Kadir et al. 2017:103 [ref. 35571], Fricke et al. 2018:30 [ref. 35805], Suresh et al. 2018:57 [ref. 36495], Arndt & Fricke 2019:10 [ref. 36883], Ng et al. 2019:518 [ref. 36606], Zajonz et al. 2019:61 [ref. 36871], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 5 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:287 [ref. 37272], Freyhof et al. 2020:113 [ref. 37658], Amick & Toko 2021:4 [ref. 38599], Fu et al. 2021:9567 [ref. 39347], Taki et al. 2021:46 [ref. 39830], Eudeline 2022:128 [ref. 39191] as bicolor bicolor, Jamaluddin et al. 2022:[5] [ref. 39245], Kuroki et al. 2022:176 [ref. 39912], Smith 2022:85 [ref. 39684], Zajonz et al. 2022:38 [ref. 40522], Esmaeili & Hamidan 2023:206 [ref. 40377], Jamandre 2023:159 [ref. 40455], Çiçek et al. 2024:34 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Anguilla bicolor McClelland 1844. Anguillidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Mayotte (France), Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to China, Philippines and New Britain (Papua New Guinea), south to northern Western Australia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

bleekeri, Anguilla Kaup [J. J.] 1856:56, Pl. 9 (fig. 45) [Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 22 (pt. 1); ref. 2572] India. Holotype: MNHN B-2099. Paratypes: MNHN B-3124 [ex B-2099]. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1993:93 [ref. 20810]. Appeared first as name only in Kaup 1856:56 [ref. 2572]. •Synonym of Anguilla bicolor McClelland 1844 -- (Ege 1939:151 [ref. 13172], Castle 1984:35 [ref. 6171], Kottelat 2013:37 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Anguilla bicolor McClelland 1844. Anguillidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

cantori, Anguilla Kaup [J. J.] 1857:52, Pl. 9 (fig. 46) [Catalogue of the apodal fish in the collection of the British Museum; ref. 2573] Mumbai, India. Syntypes: ?MNHN B-3125 [ex MNHN 0000-3207], 0000-3207 (1),. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1993:94 [ref. 20810]. Appeared first as name only in Kaup 1856:56 [ref. 2572]. •Synonym of Anguilla bicolor McClelland 1844 -- (Ege 1939:151 [ref. 13172], Castle 1984:35 [ref. 6171], Kottelat 2013:37 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Anguilla bicolor McClelland 1844. Anguillidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

dussumieri, Anguilla Kaup [J. J.] 1857:51, Pl. 8 (fig. 43) [Catalogue of the apodal fish in the collection of the British Museum; ref. 2573] Mahé, Malabar, India. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-3209. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1993:95 [ref. 20810]. Appeared first without distinguishing features in Kaup 1856:56 [ref. 2572]. •Synonym of Anguilla bicolor McClelland 1844 -- (Ege 1939:151 [ref. 13172], Castle 1984:35 [ref. 6171], Kottelat 2013:37 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Anguilla bicolor McClelland 1844. Anguillidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

foochowensis, Anguilla Chu [Y.-T.] & Jin [Y.-T.] in Chu 1984:187, Fig. 126 [ ref. 8173] Fuzhou [Fuchow], China. Holotype (unique): SFC 57-4104. •Synonym of Anguilla bicolor McClelland 1844 -- (Zhang et al. 2010:180 [ref. 31511]). Current status: Synonym of Anguilla bicolor McClelland 1844. Anguillidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

halmaherensis, Muraena Bleeker [P.] 1863:158 [Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde v. 1; ref. 17001] Galéla, Halmahera, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Anguilla bicolor McClelland 1844 -- (Ege 1939:151 [ref. 13172], Kottelat 2013:37 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Anguilla bicolor McClelland 1844. Anguillidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

macrocephala, Muraena Rapp [W. L. von] 1849:142, Pl. 2 [Jahreshefte des Vereins für Vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg v. 4; ref. 19492] Umlaas River/Umlazi River, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): SMNS 26204. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Muraena macrocephala Lesueur 1817. •Synonym of Anguilla bicolor McClelland 1844 -- (Ege 1939:151 [ref. 13172], Castle 1984:35 [ref. 6171], Kottelat 2013:37 [ref. 32989] with question). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Anguilla bicolor McClelland 1844. Anguillidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

malabarica, Anguilla Kaup [J. J.] 1857:52, Pl. 9 (fig. 47) [Catalogue of the apodal fish in the collection of the British Museum; ref. 2573] Malabar, India. Holotype: MNHN 0000-3208. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1993:95 [ref. 20810]. Appeared first as name only in Kaup 1856:56 [ref. 2572]. •Synonym of Anguilla bicolor McClelland 1844 -- (Ege 1939:151 [ref. 13172], Castle 1984:35 [ref. 6171], Bauchot et al. 1993:94 [ref. 20810], Kottelat 2013:37 [ref. 32989] dated 1857). Current status: Synonym of Anguilla bicolor McClelland 1844. Anguillidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

malgumora, Anguilla Kaup [J. J.] (ex Schlegel) 1857:42, Pl. 6 (fig. 30) [Catalogue of the apodal fish in the collection of the British Museum; ref. 2573] Borneo [in error]. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-9954. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1993:95 [ref. 20810]. Appeared first as name only in Kaup 1856:55 [ref. 2572]. •Synonym of Anguilla bicolor McClelland 1844 -- (Menon 1999:6 [ref. 24904]). •Valid as Anguilla malgumora Kaup 1856 -- (Martin-Smith & Tan 1998:579 [ref. 23647], Smith 1999:1635 [ref. 24661], Teng et al. 2009:817 [ref. 30569]). •Synonym of Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Ege 1939:90 [ref. 13172] with question, Watanabe et al. 2014:568 [ref. 35475], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:21 [ref. 37983]). Current status: Synonym of Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus 1758). Anguillidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

moa, Anguilla Bleeker [P.] 1849:22 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 23 (no. 12); ref. 16883] Jakarta, Banjumas, Ambarawa, Java, Indonesia. Syntypes: SMNS 10652 (1) Java. •Synonym of Anguilla bicolor McClelland 1844 -- (Ege 1939:151 [ref. 13172], Menon 1999:6 [ref. 24904], Kottelat 2013:37 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Anguilla bicolor McClelland 1844. Anguillidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

mowa, Anguilla Bleeker [P.] 1852:16 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 25 (art. 5); ref. 339] Jakarta, Banjoemas, Ambarawa, and Java, Indonesia. Syntypes: (5). Unjustified emendatioin of Anguilla moa Bleeker 1849. •In the synonym of Anguilla bicolor McClelland 1844 -- (Ege 1939:151 [ref. 13172], Menon 1999:6 [ref. 24904], Kottelat 2013:37 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Anguilla bicolor McClelland 1844. Anguillidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

pacifica, Anguilla Schmidt [E. J.] 1928:190, 206 [Records of the Australian Museum v. 16 (no. 4); ref. 18703] Pacific, north of the equator. Syntypes: (several) whereabouts unknown. Written description of this species is apparently lacking in the text, but several tables within the work list meristic counts. Often seen dated to Schmidt 1932. •Synonym of Anguilla bicolor McClelland 1844 -- (Ege 1939:152 [ref. 13172], Kottelat 2013:37 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Anguilla bicolor McClelland 1844, but a valid subspecies pacifica Schmidt 1928 -- (Allen & Coates 1990:54 [ref. 25561], Allen et al. 1992:298 [ref. 21400], Keith et al. 1999:74 [ref. 24548], Huang et al. 2001:42 [ref. 25846], Watanabe et al. 2005:677 [ref. 39169], Teng et al. 2009:817 [ref. 30569], Motomura et al. 2010:69 [ref. 31256], Inoue et al. 2021:39 [ref. 38532], Kuroki et al. 2022:176 [ref. 39912]). •Valid as Anguilla pacifica Schmidt 1928 -- (Fricke et al. 2014:16 [ref. 33932], Ho et al. 2015:141 [ref. 34130] as Anguilla bicolor pacifica). Current status: Valid as Anguilla pacifica Schmidt 1928. Anguillidae. Distribution: Western Pacific; north of the equator, north to Iriomote Island (Japan). Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

sidat, Anguilla Bleeker [P.] 1852:17 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 25 (art. 5); ref. 339] Tjikandi, Tjampea, Jakarta, and western Java, Indonesia. Syntypes and/or Bleeker specimens: (12) AMS B.8207 (1), BMNH 1867.11.28.231 [or .231] (1) no locality, NMV A947 (2). •Synonym of Anguilla bicolor McClelland 1844 -- (Ege 1939:151 [ref. 13172], Kottelat 2013:37 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Anguilla bicolor McClelland 1844. Anguillidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

spengeli, Anguilla Weber [M.] 1912:591, Fig. G [Zoologische Jahrbücher, Jena, Supplementband v. 15 (pt. 1); ref. 17832] Java, Indonesia; Borneo. Syntypes: (several) ZMA 116466 (1). Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:7 [ref. 19236]. •Synonym of Anguilla bicolor McClelland 1844 -- (Ege 1939:152 [ref. 13172], Kottelat et al. 1993:7 [ref. 23448], Kottelat 2013:37 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Anguilla bicolor McClelland 1844. Anguillidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

virescens, 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] Licuare River at Boror, Mozambique. Syntypes: ZMB 6229 (2). Also in Peters 1868:101, Pl. 18 (fig. 2) [ref. 3440] as Anguilla virescens. •Synonym of Anguilla bicolor McClelland 1844 -- (Ege 1939:151 [ref. 13172], Castle 1984:35 [ref. 6171], Kottelat 2013:37 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Anguilla bicolor McClelland 1844. Anguillidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.


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