Species that contain: Moringua and edwardsi [ 7 ] records

bahamensis, Anguillichthys Mowbray [L. L.] in Breder 1927:10, Fig. 5 [Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection Yale University v. 1 (art. 1); ref. 635] Green Cay, Bahamas. Holotype: YPM 34. Paratypes: YPM 35 (1). Type catalog: Moore & Boardman 1991:19 [ref. 16741]. •Synonym of Moringua edwardsi (Jordan & Bollman 1889) -- (Smith 1989:68 [ref. 13285]). Current status: Synonym of Moringua edwardsi (Jordan & Bollman 1889). Moringuidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

boekei, Moringua Metzelaar [J.] 1919:17, Fig. 8 [Report on the fishes; ref. 2982] Piescadera Bay, Curaçao. Holotype (unique): ZMA 112739. Species treated as "Moningua spec. (nov.)" in heading and figure caption, but provisionally named as above on p. 18. •Synonym of Moringua edwardsi (Jordan & Bollman 1889) -- (Smith 1989:68 [ref. 13285]). Current status: Synonym of Moringua edwardsi (Jordan & Bollman 1889). Moringuidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

caribbeus, Aphthalmichthys Gill [T. N.] & Smith [H. M.] 1900:974 [Science (Series 2) v. 11 (no. 286); ref. 14729] San Geronimo, Near San Juan, north shore of Puerto Rico. Holotype (unique): USNM 49726. Type catalog: Smith 1994:13 [ref. 21917]. •Synonym of Moringua edwardsi (Jordan & Bollman 1889) -- (Smith 1989:67 [ref. 13285]). Current status: Synonym of Moringua edwardsi (Jordan & Bollman 1889). Moringuidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

diptychus, Leptocephalus Eigenmann [C. H.] & Kennedy [C. H.] 1901:831, Fig. [Science (Series 2) v. 13 (no. 334); ref. 11072] New Providence Island, Bahamas, surface (nightlight). Holotype: USNM 49753. Paratypes: USNM 49754 (1). •Synonym of Moringua edwardsi (Jordan & Bollman 1889) -- (Smith 1989:67 [ref. 13285], Smith 1989:699 [ref. 13285]). Current status: Synonym of Moringua edwardsi (Jordan & Bollman 1889). Moringuidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

edwardsi, Stilbiscus Jordan [D. S.] & Bollman [C. H.] 1889:549 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 11 (no. 752); ref. 2432] Green Turtle Cay, Bahamas. Holotype (unique): USNM 41735. Type catalog: Smith 1994:14 [ref. 21917]. •Valid as Moringua edwardsi (Jordan & Bollman 1889) -- (Robins & Ray 1986:50 [ref. 23100], Smith 1989:67 [ref. 13285], Smith 1989:699 [ref. 13285], Cervigón 1991:30 [ref. 24472], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:224 [ref. 23897], Aguilera 1998:46 [ref. 24221], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:129 [ref. 25013], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:147 [ref. 27754], Gasparini & Floeter 2001:1643 [ref. 25634], Collette et al. 2003:98 [ref. 26784], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:32 [ref. 27192], Smith 2003:696 [ref. 26989], Smith et al. 2003:7 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:60 [ref. 27807], Randall 2007:71 [ref. 30952], Page et al. 2013:60 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:22 [ref. 33341], Pinheiro et al. 2015:4 [ref. 34324], Escobar-Sierra et al. 2021:74 [ref. 38844], Carvalho-Filho 2023:60 [ref. 40480], Page et al. 2023:57 [ref. 40505], Fricke et al. 2024:135 [ref. 41622]). Current status: Valid as Moringua edwardsi (Jordan & Bollman 1889). Moringuidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bermuda south to São Paulo (Brazil), incuding Caribbean Sea. Habitat: brackish, marine.

mayeri, Mayerina Silvester [C. F.] 1915:214 [Carnegie Institution of Washington Year Book No. 14; ref. 4027] Sand flats around mangrove swamp west of Guanica Harbor, Puerto Rico, Caribbean Sea. Holotype: PU 3073 (apparently lost). Paratypes: PU 3126 (1). Originally published as Mayerina mayeri, but later published and figured as new as Aphthalmichthys mayeri in Silvester 1918:19 [ref. 15257]. •Synonym of Moringua edwardsi (Jordan & Bollman 1889) -- (Smith 1989:67 [ref. 13285], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:129 [ref. 25013] in genus Aphthalmichthys). Current status: Synonym of Moringua edwardsi (Jordan & Bollman 1889). Moringuidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

sanchezi, Merinthichthys Howell Rivero [L.] 1934:343, Fig. 3 [Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural v. 8 (no. 6); ref. 3767] Matanzas, Cuba. Holotype (unique): MCZ 33453. •Synonym of Moringua edwardsi (Jordan & Bollman 1889) -- (Smith 1989:68 [ref. 13285]). Current status: Synonym of Moringua edwardsi (Jordan & Bollman 1889). Moringuidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.