WoRMS taxon details
Moringua raitaborua (Hamilton, 1822)
275439 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:275439)
accepted
Species
Anguilla maculatus Swainson, 1839 · unaccepted (synonym)
Aphthalmichthys wui Fang, 1942 · unaccepted (ambiguous synonym)
Moringua floresiana Weber & de Beaufort, 1916 · unaccepted
Moringua latebrosa Schultz, 1953 · unaccepted (synonym)
Moringua linearis Gray, 1831 · unaccepted (synonym)
Moringua lumbriciformis Kaup, 1856 · unaccepted (synonym)
Moringua lumbricoidea Richardson, 1845 · unaccepted (synonym)
Moringua rataboura (Hamilton, 1822) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Moringua robusta Herre, 1923 · unaccepted (ambiguous synonym)
Moringua semperviridens McCann, 1967 · unaccepted (ambiguous synonym)
Muraena raitaborua Hamilton, 1822 · unaccepted
Ptyobranchus brevis McClelland, 1844 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ptyobranchus erythreus McClelland, 1844 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ptyobranchus gracilis McClelland, 1844 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ptyobranchus medius McClelland, 1844 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ptyobranchus multidentatus McClelland, 1844 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ptyobranchus parvidentatus McClelland, 1844 · unaccepted (synonym)
Rataboura amphomelaena Fowler, 1938 · unaccepted
Rataboura hamiltonii Gray, 1831 · unaccepted
Rataboura hardwickii Gray, 1831 · unaccepted
Rataboura oculata Fowler, 1934 · unaccepted
(of Muraena raitaborua Hamilton, 1822) Hamilton, F. (1822). An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. <em>Edinburgh & London.</em> i-vii + 1-405, Pls. 1-39. [Often seen as Hamilton-Buchanan or Buchanan-Hamilton; in work as Hamilton [formerly Buchanan].].
page(s): 25, 364 [details]
page(s): 25, 364 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Moringua raitaborua (Hamilton, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=275439 on 2025-04-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Muraena raitaborua Hamilton, 1822) Hamilton, F. (1822). An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. <em>Edinburgh & London.</em> i-vii + 1-405, Pls. 1-39. [Often seen as Hamilton-Buchanan or Buchanan-Hamilton; in work as Hamilton [formerly Buchanan].].
page(s): 25, 364 [details]
original description (of Anguilla maculatus Swainson, 1839) Swainson, W. (1839). On the natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. <em>Spottiswoode & Co., London.</em> v. 2: i-vi + 1-452. [details]
original description (of Rataboura amphomelaena Fowler, 1938) Fowler, H. W. (1938). The fishes of the George Vanderbilt South Pacific Expedition, 1937. <em>Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 2: i-v + 1-349, Pls. 1-12. [details]
original description (of Rataboura oculata Fowler, 1934) Fowler, H. W. (1934). Descriptions of new fishes obtained 1907 to 1910, chiefly in the Philippine Islands and adjacent seas. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 85 (for 1933): 233-367. [details]
original description (of Moringua floresiana Weber & de Beaufort, 1916) Weber, M.; de Beaufort L. F. (1916). The fishes of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. III. Ostariophysi: II Cyprinoidea, Apodes, Synbranchi. <em>E. J. Brill, Leiden.</em> v. 3: i-xv + 1-455. [details]
page(s): 25, 364 [details]
original description (of Anguilla maculatus Swainson, 1839) Swainson, W. (1839). On the natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. <em>Spottiswoode & Co., London.</em> v. 2: i-vi + 1-452. [details]
original description (of Rataboura amphomelaena Fowler, 1938) Fowler, H. W. (1938). The fishes of the George Vanderbilt South Pacific Expedition, 1937. <em>Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 2: i-v + 1-349, Pls. 1-12. [details]
original description (of Rataboura oculata Fowler, 1934) Fowler, H. W. (1934). Descriptions of new fishes obtained 1907 to 1910, chiefly in the Philippine Islands and adjacent seas. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 85 (for 1933): 233-367. [details]
original description (of Moringua floresiana Weber & de Beaufort, 1916) Weber, M.; de Beaufort L. F. (1916). The fishes of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. III. Ostariophysi: II Cyprinoidea, Apodes, Synbranchi. <em>E. J. Brill, Leiden.</em> v. 3: i-xv + 1-455. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Moringua rataboura (Hamilton, 1822))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Muraena raitaborua Hamilton, 1822)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Moringua raitaborua)
To FishBase (from synonym Moringua semperviridens McCann, 1967)
To FishBase (from synonym Moringua latebrosa Schultz, 1953)
To FishBase (from synonym Aphthalmichthys wui Fang, 1942)
To FishBase (from synonym Moringua robusta Herre, 1923)
To FishBase (from synonym Moringua lumbriciformis Kaup, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Moringua lumbricoidea Richardson, 1845)
To FishBase (from synonym Ptyobranchus brevis McClelland, 1844)
To FishBase (from synonym Ptyobranchus erythreus McClelland, 1844)
To FishBase (from synonym Ptyobranchus gracilis McClelland, 1844)
To FishBase (from synonym Ptyobranchus medius McClelland, 1844)
To FishBase (from synonym Ptyobranchus multidentatus McClelland, 1844)
To FishBase (from synonym Ptyobranchus parvidentatus McClelland, 1844)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla maculatus Swainson, 1839)
To FishBase (from synonym Moringua linearis Gray, 1831)
To Fishbase (from synonym Rataboura hamiltonii Gray, 1831)
To Fishbase (from synonym Rataboura hardwickii Gray, 1831)
To Fishbase (from synonym Rataboura amphomelaena Fowler, 1938)
To Fishbase (from synonym Rataboura oculata Fowler, 1934)
To Fishbase (from synonym Moringua floresiana Weber & de Beaufort, 1916)
To FishBase images (Moringua raitaborua, Philippines, by Bucol, A.A.)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Muraena raitaborua Hamilton, 1822)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Moringua latebrosa P17484 illustration) (from synonym Moringua latebrosa Schultz, 1953)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Moringua rataboura (Hamilton, 1822))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Muraena raitaborua Hamilton, 1822)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Moringua raitaborua)
To FishBase (from synonym Moringua semperviridens McCann, 1967)
To FishBase (from synonym Moringua latebrosa Schultz, 1953)
To FishBase (from synonym Aphthalmichthys wui Fang, 1942)
To FishBase (from synonym Moringua robusta Herre, 1923)
To FishBase (from synonym Moringua lumbriciformis Kaup, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Moringua lumbricoidea Richardson, 1845)
To FishBase (from synonym Ptyobranchus brevis McClelland, 1844)
To FishBase (from synonym Ptyobranchus erythreus McClelland, 1844)
To FishBase (from synonym Ptyobranchus gracilis McClelland, 1844)
To FishBase (from synonym Ptyobranchus medius McClelland, 1844)
To FishBase (from synonym Ptyobranchus multidentatus McClelland, 1844)
To FishBase (from synonym Ptyobranchus parvidentatus McClelland, 1844)
To FishBase (from synonym Anguilla maculatus Swainson, 1839)
To FishBase (from synonym Moringua linearis Gray, 1831)
To Fishbase (from synonym Rataboura hamiltonii Gray, 1831)
To Fishbase (from synonym Rataboura hardwickii Gray, 1831)
To Fishbase (from synonym Rataboura amphomelaena Fowler, 1938)
To Fishbase (from synonym Rataboura oculata Fowler, 1934)
To Fishbase (from synonym Moringua floresiana Weber & de Beaufort, 1916)
To FishBase images (Moringua raitaborua, Philippines, by Bucol, A.A.)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Muraena raitaborua Hamilton, 1822)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Moringua latebrosa P17484 illustration) (from synonym Moringua latebrosa Schultz, 1953)
To ITIS
