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Genera that contain: Moringua [ 11 ] records

Anguillichthys Mowbray [L. L.] in Breder 1927:10 [Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University v. 1 (art. 1); ref. 635] Masc. Anguillichthys bahamensis Mowbray 1927. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Moringua Gray 1831 -- (Smith 1989:65 [ref. 13285], Kottelat 2013:39 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Moringua Gray 1831. Moringuidae.

Aphthalmichthys Kaup [J. J.] 1856:68 [Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 22 (pt. 1); ref. 2572] Masc. Aphthalmichthys javanicus Kaup 1856. Type by monotypy. Also in Kaup 1857:105 [ref. 2573] and as name only (Aphthalmoichthys) in Kaup in Duméril 1856: 200 [ref. 1154]. •Synonym of Moringua Gray 1831 -- (Smith 1989:65 [ref. 13285], McCosker et al. 2011:272 [ref. 31452], Kottelat 2013:39 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Moringua Gray 1831. Moringuidae.

Mayerina Silvester [C. F.] 1915:214 [Carnegie Institution of Washington Year Book No. 14; ref. 4027] Fem. Mayerina mayeri Silvester 1915. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Moringua Gray 1831 -- (Smith 1989:65 [ref. 13285], Kottelat 2013:39 [ref. 32989] dated 1916). Current status: Synonym of Moringua Gray 1831. Moringuidae.

Merinthichthys Howell Rivero [L.] 1934:343 [Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural v. 8 (no. 6); ref. 3767] Masc. Merinthichthys sanchezi Howell Rivero 1934. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Moringua Gray 1831 -- (Smith 1989:65 [ref. 13285], Kottelat 2013:39 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Moringua Gray 1831. Moringuidae.

Moringua Gray [J. E.] 1831:Pl. 95 (v. 1) [Illustrations of Indian zoology; ref. 1878] Fem. Moringua linearis Gray 1831. Type by monotypy. Treated as feminine by current authors. Appeared as above on 25 Jan. 1831; also in Gray 1831:9 [ref. 1879] which Fowler dates to Feb. 1831. Bleeker 1864:14 [ref. 4860] lists M. raitaborua Cantor as type. Gray 1831:9 credits species as "Anguilla linearis, Hardw. MSS." but species authorship should be Gray. See also Smith 1989:65 for nomenclatural comments. •Valid as Moringua Gray 1831 -- (Asano in Masuda et al. 1984:21 [ref. 6441], Castle 1986:187 [ref. 5644], Paxton et al. 1989:111 [ref. 12442], Smith 1989:65 [ref. 13285], Ataur Rahman 1989:45 [ref. 24860], Kuang in Pan et al. 1991:64 [ref. 23876], Smith 1999:1637 [ref. 24661], Smith 2003:695 [ref. 26989], Ataur Rahman 2003:60 [ref. 31338], Paxton et al. 2006:239 [ref. 28995], Zhang et al. 2010:221 [ref. 31511], Kottelat 2013:39 [ref. 32989], Motomura et al. 2017:27 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:31 [ref. 35805]). Current status: Valid as Moringua Gray 1831. Moringuidae.

Pachyurus (subgenus of Muraena) Swainson [W.] 1839:196, 335 [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] Masc. Moringua linearis Gray 1831. Type by monotypy. Spelled Pachiurus by Swainson 1839:196 [ref. 4303]; technical first reviser not researched. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Pachyurus Agassiz 1831 in Recent fishes. •In the synonymy of Moringua Gray 1831 -- (Smith 1989:65 [ref. 13285], Kottelat 2013:39 [ref. 32989]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Moringua Gray 1831. Moringuidae.

Pseudomoringua Bleeker [P.] 1864:15 [Atlas ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Néêrlandaises v. 4; ref. 4860] Fem. Moringua lumbricoidea Richardson 1845. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Bleeker 1864:15 published 21 Sept. 1864; also in Bleeker 1865:114 [ref. 409]. Kottalet says this is a replacement name for Pachyurus Swainson. •Synonym of Moringua Gray 1831 -- (Smith 1989:95 [ref. 13285], Kottelat 2013:39 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Moringua Gray 1831. Moringuidae.

Pterurus (subgenus of Anguilla) Swainson [W.] 1839:196, 334 [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] Masc. Pterurus maculatus Swainson 1839 (= Muraena raitaborua Hamilton 1822). Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Swain 1882:283 [ref. 5966]. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Pterurus Rafinesque 1810 in fishes, not replaced. •Objective synonym of Rataboura Gray 1831. •In the synonymy of Moringua Gray 1831 -- (Smith 1989:65 [ref. 13285], Kottelat 2013:39 [ref. 32989]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Moringua Gray 1831. Moringuidae.

Ptyobranchus McClelland [J.] 1844:199, 221 [Calcutta Journal of Natural History v. 5 (no. 18); ref. 2928] Masc. Ptyobranchus arundinaceus McClelland 1844. Type by subsequent designation. Type apparently first designated by Jordan 1919:220 [ref. 2410]. •Synonym of Moringua Gray 1831 -- (Smith 1989:65 [ref. 13285], Kottelat 2013:39 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Moringua Gray 1831. Moringuidae.

Rataboura Gray [J. E.] 1831:Pl. 95 (v. 1) [Illustrations of Indian zoology; ref. 1878] Fem. Rataboura hardwickii Gray 1831. Type by monotypy. Appeared as above on 25 Jan. 1831; also in Gray 1831:9 [ref. 1879] of apparently later date [Fowler MS says Feb. 1831] with two species. Raitaborua is a misspelling. •Synonym of Moringua Gray 1831 -- (Smith 1989:65 [ref. 13285], Kottelat 2013:39 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Moringua Gray 1831. Moringuidae.

Stilbiscus Jordan [D. S.] & Bollman [C. H.] 1889:549 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 11 (no. 752); ref. 2432] Masc. Stilbiscus edwardsi Jordan & Bollman 1889. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Moringua Gray 1831 -- (Smith 1989:65 [ref. 13285], Kottelat 2013:39 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Moringua Gray 1831. Moringuidae.


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