IRMNG - Moringua Gray, 1831

IRMNG taxon details

Moringua Gray, 1831

IRMNG_ID

1294381 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1294381)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Moringuidae Gill, 1885

Synonymised names

Anguillichthys Mowbray in Breder, 1927 · unaccepted

Aphthalmichthys Kaup, 1856 · unaccepted

Aphthalmoichthys Kaup in Duméril, 1856 · unaccepted

Mayerina Silvester, 1915 · unaccepted

Merinthichthys Howell Rivero, 1934 · unaccepted

Pachiurus Swainson, 1839 · unaccepted

Pachyurus Swainson, 1839 · unaccepted

Pseudomoringua Bleeker, 1864 · unaccepted

Pterurus Swainson, 1839 · unaccepted

Ptyobranchus McClelland, 1844 · unaccepted

Rataborua Bleeker, 1864 · unaccepted

Rataboura Gray, 1831 · unaccepted

Stilbiscus Jordan & Bollman, 1889 · unaccepted

Direct children (16)

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Species Moringua abbreviata (Bleeker, 1863)
Species Moringua arundinacea (McClelland, 1844)
Species Moringua bicolor Kaup, 1856
Species Moringua edwardsi (Jordan & Bollman, 1889)
Species Moringua ferruginea Bliss, 1883
Species Moringua javanica (Kaup, 1856)
Species Moringua macrocephalus (Bleeker, 1863)
Species Moringua macrochir Bleeker, 1855
Species Moringua microchir Bleeker, 1853
Species Moringua penni Schultz, 1953
Species Moringua raitaborua (Hamilton, 1822)
Species Moringua bicolour Kaup, 1856 accepted as Moringua bicolor Kaup, 1856
Species Moringua boeki Metzelaar, 1919 accepted as Moringua edwardsi (Jordan & Bollman, 1889)
Species Moringua caribbeus (Gill & Smith, 1900) accepted as Moringua edwardsi (Jordan & Bollman, 1889)
Species Moringua hodgarti Chaudhuri, 1913 accepted as Monopterus hodgarti (Chaudhuri, 1913)
Species Moringua rataboura (Hamilton, 1822) accepted as Moringua raitaborua (Hamilton, 1822)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Ill. Indian Zool., 1 (5), pl
page(s): 95 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Appeared as cited on 25 Jan. 1831; also in Gray 1831 which Fowler dates to Feb. 1831. (Eschmeyer).

Taxonomic remark Appeared as cited on 25 Jan. 1831; also in Gray 1831 which Fowler dates to Feb. 1831. (Eschmeyer). [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Moringua Gray, 1831. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1294381 on 2025-07-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2016-11-22 11:10:04Z

changed

db_admin

2017-11-22 13:18:58Z

changed

Decock, Wim

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original description Ill. Indian Zool., 1 (5), pl
page(s): 95 [details]

basis of record SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

verified source for family Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

current name source Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

extant flag source SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998 [details]

habitat flag source FishBase [details]

original description (of Pachiurus Swainson, 1839) H. N. Fishes, etc., 2, 335 (as Pachyurus; also as Pachiurus pp. 196, 335). [details]

original description (of Mayerina Silvester, 1915) Carnegie Inst. Year Book, 14
page(s): 214 [details]

original description (of Pachyurus Swainson, 1839) H. N. Fishes, etc., 2, 335 (as Pachiurus pp. 196, 335). [details]

original description (of Pterurus Swainson, 1839) N. H. Fishes, etc., 2, 196
page(s): 334 [details]

original description (of Rataboura Gray, 1831) Zool. Miscell. (Gray), (1
page(s): 9 [details]

original description (of Aphthalmichthys Kaup, 1856) Arch. Naturgesch., 22, Abt. 1
page(s): 68 [details]

original description (of Aphthalmoichthys Kaup in Duméril, 1856) Mém. Acad. France, 27
page(s): 200 [details]

original description (of Pseudomoringua Bleeker, 1864) Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk., 2
page(s): 114 [details]

original description (of Rataborua Bleeker, 1864) Atlas Ichthyol., 4
page(s): 6 [details]

original description (of Anguillichthys Mowbray in Breder, 1927) Bull. Bingham Ocean. Coll., 1 (1)
page(s): 10 [details]

original description (of Stilbiscus Jordan & Bollman, 1889) Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 11
page(s): 549 [details]

original description (of Merinthichthys Howell Rivero, 1934) Mem. Soc. Cubana Hist. Nat., 8
page(s): 343 [details]

original description (of Ptyobranchus McClelland, 1844) Calcutta J. Nat. Hist., 5 (18)
page(s): 176 [details]

Unreviewed

Descriptive info From FishBase: Freshwater + Brackish + Marine. FishBase flag: Mixed Marine + Freshwater. [details]

Habitat Marine and nonmarine [details]

Taxonomic remark Appeared as cited on 25 Jan. 1831; also in Gray 1831 which Fowler dates to Feb. 1831. (Eschmeyer). [details]

Type species as cited Moringua linearis Gray 1831 [details]

To BioNames database (from synonym Stilbiscus Jordan & Bollman, 1889)
To BioNames database (from synonym Pseudomoringua Bleeker, 1864)
To BioNames database (from synonym Mayerina Silvester, 1915)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Mayerina Silvester, 1915)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Stilbiscus Jordan & Bollman, 1889)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Pseudomoringua Bleeker, 1864)
To WoRMS (from synonym Aphthalmichthys Kaup, 1856)
To WoRMS
To WoRMS (from synonym Mayerina Silvester, 1915)
To WoRMS (from synonym Merinthichthys Howell Rivero, 1934)
To WoRMS (from synonym Ptyobranchus McClelland, 1844)
To WoRMS (from synonym Anguillichthys Mowbray in Breder, 1927)
To WoRMS (from synonym Stilbiscus Jordan & Bollman, 1889)