Muraenesox

M. cinereus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Congroidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Elopocephalai Supercohors: Elopocephala Cohors/Superordo: Elopomorpha Ordo: Anguilliformes Subordo: Congroidei

Familia: Muraenesocidae
Genus: Muraenesox

Species (2): M. bagio – M. cinereus

Name

• Muraenesox McClelland, 1844: 408
  • Gender: masculine.
  • Type species: Muraenesox tricuspidata McClelland, 1844.
    • Fixation: type by subsequent designation, by Jordan, 1919: 220.
• Etymology: portmanteau of genera Muraena Linnaeus, 1758, moray, and Esox Linnaeus, 1758, pike.

References

Primary references

• McClelland, J. 1843. Description of a collection of fishes made at Chusan and Ningpo in China, by Dr. G. R. Playfair, Surgeon of the Phlegethon, war steamer, during the late military operations in that country. Calcutta Journal of Natural History, 4(4): 390–413, Pls. 21–25. BHL
• Jordan, D.S. 1919. The genera of fishes, part II, from Agassiz to Bleeker, 1833-1858, twenty-six years, with the accepted type of each. A contribution to the stability of scientific nomenclature. Leland Stanford Junior University Publications, University Series, 36: i–ix 163–284 i–xiii. BHL

Links

• Muraenesox McClelland, 1844 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Muraenesox and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2025. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Muraenesox species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.