Muraenidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
FAMILY

Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Chordata: order
Anguilliformes: family
Muraenidae

Name

Synonyms: Heteromyridae
Homonyms: Muraenidae
Common names: Belut Moray in Indonesian; Bontpalings in Afrikaans; Moréias in Portuguese; Murene in Italian; Murinke in Croatian; Muränen in German; Muræner in Danish; Murénidos in Spanish; Mürengiller in Turkish; moray eels in English; moray eels in English; moray eels in English; morays in English; morays in English; morenas in Spanish; morenas in Spanish; mureenat in Finnish; murenefamilien in Norwegian Bokmål; murenowate in Polish; murènes in French; murènes in French; murénafélék in Hungarian; murénovití in Czech; Μυραινίδες in Greek, Modern (1453-); Муреновые in Russian; Муренові in Ukrainian; Мурэнавыя in Belarusian; מורניים in Hebrew; ปลาหลดหิน in Thai; ปลาไหลมอเรย์ in Thai; ウツボ科 in Japanese; 鯙科 in Chinese; 곰치과 in Korean; murenefamilien in Norwegian Bokmål; muränor in Swedish; ウツボ科 in Japanese; moray eels in English; moray eels in English; muränålar in Swedish; ウツボ科 in Japanese; ウツボ科 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

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