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Muraena helena Linnaeus, 1758

126303 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126303)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Chordata
  4. Vertebrata
  5. Gnathostomata
  6. Osteichthyes
  7. Actinopterygii
  8. Actinopteri
  9. Teleostei
  10. Anguilliformes
  11. Muraenidae
  12. Muraeninae
  13. Muraena
  14. Muraena helena
accepted
Species
Muraena Linnaeus, 1758
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 244 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Muraena helena Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126303 on 2026-09-14
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Muraena helena Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=126303 on 2026-09-14
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 244 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

context source (WoRCS) Kovacic, M.; Gerovasileiou, V.; Patzner, R. A. (2024). Fishes in Marine Caves. <em>Fishes.</em> 9(6): 243., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/2410-3888/9/6/243 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Artedi, A.P. (1793). Sueci synonymia nominum piscium fere omnium. Ichthyologiae pars IV. Editio II. <em>Röse: Grypeswaldiae.</em> (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 244 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Digenis, M.; Ragkousis, M.; Dimitriadis, C.; Katsanevakis, S.; Gerovasileiou, V. (2025). Assessing the Motile Fauna of Eastern Mediterranean Marine Caves. <em>Fishes.</em> 10(8): 383., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes10080383 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details] 

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] OpenAccess publication
 
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Danish muraene  [details]
Dutch moeraal  [details]
English moray eelMediterranean moray  [details]
French murène de la Méditerranée  [details]
German Mittelmeermurane  [details]
Italian murina  [details]
Norwegian murene  [details]
Portuguese moreia  [details]
Spanish morena  [details]
Swedish muräna  [details]
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (177 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Muraena helena) 
To FishBase 
To Fishipedia 
To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 23 proteins) 
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To PESI 
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