WoRMS taxon details
Moringuidae Gill, 1885
- Genus Moringua Gray, 1831
- Genus Neoconger Girard, 1858
- Genus Anguillichthys Mowbray, 1927 accepted as Moringua Gray, 1831
- Genus Aphthalmichthys Kaup, 1856 accepted as Moringua Gray, 1831
- Genus Apthalmichthys accepted as Aphthalmichthys Kaup, 1856 accepted as Moringua Gray, 1831 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Chirionorhinus accepted as Chrinorhinus Howell Rivero, 1932 accepted as Neoconger Girard, 1858 (misspelling)
- Genus Chrinorhinus Howell Rivero, 1932 accepted as Neoconger Girard, 1858
- Genus Mayerina Silvester, 1915 accepted as Moringua Gray, 1831
- Genus Merinthichthys Howell Rivero, 1934 accepted as Moringua Gray, 1831
- Genus Ptyobranchus McClelland, 1844 accepted as Moringua Gray, 1831
- Genus Stilbiscus Jordan & Bollman, 1889 accepted as Moringua Gray, 1831
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Distribution: Indo-Pacific and Western Atlantic. Body very much elongated and filamentous. Scales absent. Gill openings set...
Description Distribution: Indo-Pacific and Western Atlantic. Body very much elongated and filamentous. Scales absent. Gill openings set low on body. Dorsal and anal fins appearing as low folds far down posterior and united with caudal fin. Pectorals weakly developed, when present. Eyes small underneath skin. Pronounced sexual dimorphism exists, but sometimes there is a problem of establishing conspecificity between the sexes. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Moringuidae Gill, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151813 on 2025-01-30
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taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
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basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
[request]basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Distribution: Indo-Pacific and Western Atlantic. Body very much elongated and filamentous. Scales absent. Gill openings set low on body. Dorsal and anal fins appearing as low folds far down posterior and united with caudal fin. Pectorals weakly developed, when present. Eyes small underneath skin. Pronounced sexual dimorphism exists, but sometimes there is a problem of establishing conspecificity between the sexes. [details]
