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Muraena argentea Lesueur, 1817


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Considered a synonym of Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817)

  • Ege, V.. 1939. "A revision of the genus Anguilla Shaw. A systematic, phylogenetic and geographical study". Dana Report. (16):1-257 (ffm04550)

Original description as Muraena argentea:

  • Lesueur, Charles-Alexander. 1817. "A short description of five (supposed) new species of the genus Muraena, discovered by Mr. Le Sueur, in the year 1816". Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 1(5):81-83 (ffm04547)