Taxonomy Profile: Moringuidae

Moringuidae: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Family
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
spaghetti eels []
worm eels []
anguilles-spaghettis []
anguilas fideo []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Moringuidae: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Actinopterygii
ray-finned fishes |
spiny rayed fishes |
poisson épineux |
poissons à nageoires rayonnées |
Class : Teleostei
Superorder : Elopomorpha
Order : Anguilliformes
eels |
anguilles |
Suborder : Anguilloidei
Family : Moringuidae
spaghetti eels |
worm eels |
anguilles-spaghettis |
anguilas fideo |
Moringuidae Direct Children(s):
Moringua
(Gray 1831)
Neoconger
(Girard 1858)
Moringuidae: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Bruce B. Collette
Notes:
Senior Scientist, National Systematics Laboratory, National Marine Fisheries Service; Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA
Reference for:
Moringuidae
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Moringuidae
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Shiino, Sueo M.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1976-09-01 / 1976-09-01
Article/Chapter Title:
List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4
Page(s):
262
Publisher:
Shima Marineland
Publication Place:
Kashikojima, Shima, Mie, Japan
ISBN/ISSN:
/0385-1109
Notes:
Reference for:
Moringuidae
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Nelson, Joseph S.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1994-01-01 / 1994-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Fishes of the World, Third Edition
Page(s):
xvii + 600
Publisher:
John Wiley and Sons
Publication Place:
New York, New York, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-471-54713-1/
Notes:
Reference for:
Moringuidae
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2004-01-01 / 2004-07-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29
Page(s):
ix + 386
Publisher:
American Fisheries Society
Publication Place:
Bethesda, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-888569-61-1/0097-0638
Notes:
Full author list: Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, Héctor Espinosa-Pérez, Lloyd T. Findley, Carter R. Gilbert, Robert N. Lea, and James D. Williams
Reference for:
Moringuidae
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Böhlke, E. B., J. E. Böhlke, M. M. Leiby, J. E. McCosker, et al. / Böhlke, Eugenia B., ed.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1989-01-01 / 1989-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Fishes of the Western North Atlantic, no. 1, pt. 9, vol. 1
Page(s):
xvii + 1-656
Publisher:
Sears Foundation for Marine Research, Yale University
Publication Place:
New Haven, Connecticut, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-935868-45-3/
Notes:
Reference for:
Moringuidae
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Smith, D. G. / Carpenter, Kent E., and Volker H. Niem, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1999-01-01 / 1999-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Moringuidae: Spaghetti eels
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes: The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific, vol. 3: Batoid fishes, chimaeras and Bony fishes, part 1 (Elopidae to Linophrynidae)
Page(s):
1637-1638
Publisher:
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publication Place:
Rome, Italy
ISBN/ISSN:
92-5-104302-7/1020-6868
Notes:
Reference for:
Moringuidae
Moringuidae: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Moringuidae: Comments