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Taxon: Genus Muraena Linnaeus, 1758 (fish)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  C. Linnaeus, 1758
Original name, rank & spelling:  Linnaeus, C. 1758. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 244.

Types

Type of: Muraenidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815 Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 144; 14 Apr 2025. [inferred]
Type of: Muraeninae (Subfamily) Rafinesque, 1815 Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021: 9 Apr 2025; [<14 May 2025]. [inferred]

Variants

Unavailable name: Muraena (Genus) nom. inval.
Unavailable name: Murena (Genus) nom. inval.
Subsequent spelling: Muroena (Genus) Cuvier, 1798 Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008].

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: echte murenen Ref: B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
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