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Genera in the family or subfamily Anguillidae: [ 5 ] records

Anguilla Schrank [F. von P.] 1798:304, 307 Fem. Muraena anguilla Linnaeus 1758. Type by monotypy. Kottelat 2013:37 dates to Anguilla Garsault 1764, Pl. 661 with no species; it is here considered a forgotten name not used by current workers. Apparently appeared first as name only in Thunberg 1795 [not researched]. Schrank as author predates Shaw 1803. See Opinion 1672 in which Anguilla is placed on the Official List, and the type species is confirmed as Muraena anguilla Linnaeus 1758. •Valid as Anguilla Schrank 1798 -- (Blache et al. 1973:220 [ref. 7185], Asano in Masuda et al. 1984:21 [ref. 6441], Castle 1984:34 [ref. 6171], Bauchot in Whitehead et al. 1986:535 [ref. 13676], Castle 1986:160 [ref. 5644], Kottelat 1989:4 [ref. 13605], Paxton et al. 1989:122 [ref. 12442], Smith 1989:32 [ref. 13285], Ataur Rahman 1989:40 [ref. 24860], Kuang in Pan et al. 1991:53 [r speciedef. 23876], Allen 1991:38 [ref. 21090], Tesch 1991:389 [ref. 24843], Jenkins & Burkhead 1994:203 [ref. 21581], Gomon et al. 1994:203 [ref. 22532], Aoyama et al. 1996:374 [ref. 24707], Chen in Chen 1998:40 [ref. 23556], Reshetnikov 1998:54 [ref. 23570], Lin et al. 1999:76 [ref. 24100], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:95 [ref. 24550], Smith 1999:1630 [ref. 24661], Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:33 [ref. 27061], Smith 2003:692 [ref. 26989], Ataur Rahman 2003:55 [ref. 31338], Watanabe et al. 2004:337 [ref. 27788], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:28 [ref. 28183], Watanabe et al. 2005:677 [ref. 39169], Hoese & Gates 2006:236 [ref. 28997], Gomon 2008:156 [ref. 30616], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:61 [ref. 29996], Teng et al. 2009:808 [ref. 30569], Watanabe et al. 2009:387 [ref. 30611], Minckley & Marsh 2009:70 [ref. 31114], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:17 [ref. 36649], Zhang et al. 2010:177 [ref. 31511], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:117 [ref. 31212], Morgan 2011:10 [ref. 31262], Marshall 2011:59 [ref. 31755], Angulo et al. 2013:989 [ref. 33194], Parin et al. 2014:47 [ref. 33547], Watanabe et al. 2014:568 [ref. 35475], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:859 [ref. 34062], McDowall et al. 2015:221 [ref. 34232], Zhang et al. 2016:46 [ref. 34477], Esmaeili et al. 2017:27 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:8 [ref. 36089], Fricke et al. 2018:30 [ref. 35805], Kuiter 2018:11 [ref. 36369], Fricke et al. 2019:50 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Anguilla Schrank 1798. Anguillidae.

Anguilla Garsault [F. A. P. de] 1764:Pl. 661 Fem. Muraena anguilla Linnaeus 1758. Type by subsequent monotypy. Type designated by Schrank 1798: 304, 307 [ref. 6444]. Anguilla Schrank 1798 is on official list [Opinion 1672]. •Valid as Anguilla Garsault 1764 -- (Kottelat 2013:37 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Anguilla Schrank 1798 [on official list Opinion 1672]. Current status: Synonym of Anguilla Schrank 1798. Anguillidae.

Neoanguilla Shrestha [T. K.] 2008:236 Fem. Neoanguilla nepalensis Shrestha 2008. Type by monotypy. Genus Neoanguilla and species nepalensis described provisionally from one specimen. Not available on Art. 16. Author intends to redescribe when more specimens are available. •Possibly based on an aberrant specimen of Anguilla bengalensis (Gray 1831). Current status: Synonym of Anguilla Schrank 1798. Anguillidae.

Terpolepis (subgenus of Anguilla) McClelland [J.] 1844:225 Fem. Anguilla brevirostris McClelland 1844. Type by subsequent designation. Proposed somewhat conditionally in a "Note" on p. 225 as a subgenus for Bengal species of the genus Anguilla, which includes more than one species mentioned on p. 208. Subsequent designation is by Blache 1973:220 [ref. 7185] according to Smith 1989:32 [ref. 13285]; genus not treated by Jordan. •Synonym of Anguilla Garsault 1764 -- (Kottelat 2013:37 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Anguilla Schrank 1798 -- (Blache et al. 1973:220 [ref. 7185], Castle 1984:34 [ref. 6171], Smith 1989:32 [ref. 13285], Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:33 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Anguilla Schrank 1798. Anguillidae.

Tribranchus Peters [W. (C. H.)] in Müller 1846:193, footnote Masc. Tribranchus anguillaris Peters 1846. Type by monotypy. Very brief description but regarded as available. •Synonym of Anguilla Garsault 1764 -- (Kottelat 2013:37 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Anguilla Schrank 1798 -- (Blache et al. 1973:220 [ref. 7185], Castle 1984:34 [ref. 6171], Smith 1989:32 [ref. 13285], Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:33 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Anguilla Schrank 1798. Anguillidae.