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Taxon:
Subfamily
Muraeninae
Rafinesque, 1815
- morays
(fish)
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Entity:
Muraenidae (Family) - moray eels
..Uropterygiinae (Subfamily) - tailfin moray eels
..Muraeninae (Subfamily) - morays
....Diaphenchelys (Genus)
....Echidna (Genus)
....Enchelycore (Genus)
....Enchelynassa (Genus)
....Gymnomuraena (Genus)
....Gymnothorax (Genus)
....Monopenchelys (Genus)
....Muraena (Genus)
....Pseudechidna (Genus)
....Rhinomuraena (Genus)
....Strophidon (Genus)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C.S. Rafinesque, 1815, orth. corr.
Original name & rank
:
Rafinesque, C.S. 1815.
Analyse
: 93 ("S. F. Murenidia.").
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Subsequent spelling
:
Attributes
Justified emendation (: orth. corr.) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 33.2.2]
Ref:
R. van der Laan et al. 2014.
Zootaxa
3882
(2)
: 31 ("stem corrected to Muraen- by Bonaparte 1831:162").
Justified emendation of suffix (: orth. corr.) [ICZN, 1999: Arts. 29.2, 34.1 (family)]
Ref:
R. van der Laan et al. 2014.
Zootaxa
3882
(2)
: 31.
[inferred]
Types
Nominotypical taxon of
:
Muraenidae
(Family)
Rafinesque, 1815
Type
:
Muraena
(Genus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 9 Apr 2025; [<14 May 2025].
[inferred]
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
morays
Ref:
R. van der Laan et al. (eds.), 2021
: (4 Feb 2025).
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