| Description | The Muraenesocidae, or pike congers, are a small family of marine eels found worldwide in tropical and subtropical seas. Some species are known to enter brackish water.
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| Rank | family |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Anguilliformes : Muraenesocidae |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Anguilliformes : Muraenesocidae |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Scientific Name | Muraenesocidae |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Muraenesocidae | family | belongs to Congroidei | stated without evidence | Jordan, 1963 | | Muraenesocidae | family | belongs to Apodes | stated without evidence | Casier, 1966 | | Muraenesocidae | family | belongs to Anguilliformes | stated with evidence | Betancur-R et al., 2013 | | Muraenesocidae | family | belongs to Anguilliformes | stated without evidence | Ebersole et al., 2019 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 |
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| Extant Size (PBDB) | 2 (50%) |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene |
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| Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Anguilliformes) |
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| Diet | carnivore (based on Anguilliformes) |
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| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. Betancur-R., R. E. Broughton, and E. O. Wiley, K. Carpenter, J. A. L贸pez, C. Li, N. I. Holcroft, D. Arcila, M. Sanciangco, J. C. Cureton, F. Zhang, T. Buser, M. A. Campbell, J. A. Ballesteros, A. Roa-Varon, S. Willis, W. C. Borden, T. Rowley, P. C. Reneau, G. Lu, T. Grande, G. Arratia, G. 2013. The tree of life and a new classification of bony fishes. PLOS Currents Tree of Life |
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| Common Name(s) | Pike Congers, 銉忋儮, False Conger Eels, Congres-brochets, Congrios Picudos |
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| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muraenesocidae |
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| Betancur-R. R., Broughton R. E., et al (2013) The tree of life and a new classification of bony fishes, PLOS Currents Tree of Life doi:10.1371/currents.tol.53ba26640df0ccaee75bb165c8c26288 |
| Jordan D. S. (1963) The Genera of Fishes and a Classification of Fishes, Stanford University Press, 1-816 |
| Casier E. (1966) , Faune ichthyologique du London Clay, 1-510 |
| Ebersole J. A., Cicimurri D. J., et al (2019) Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of the elasmobranchs and bony fishes (Chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes) of the lower-to-middle Eocene (Ypresian to Bartonian) Claiborne Group in Alabama, USA, including an analysis of otoliths, European Journal of Taxonomy 585, 1-274 doi:10.5852/ejt.2019.585 |
| Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2019). Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2019. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) |
| Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. Zootaxa. 3882(1): 1-230. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) |
| Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| Eschmeyer online (Jul 2012) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 357-374 - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) |
| FishBase - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2019). Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2019. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. Zootaxa. 3882(1): 1-230. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| Smith, D. G. / Carpenter, Kent E., and Volker H. Niem, eds., 1999: Muraenesocidae: Pike congers. 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). 1673-1677. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
| Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-P茅rez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
| Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
| van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 357-374 - via World Register of Marine Species |
| B枚hlke, E. B., J. E. B枚hlke, M. M. Leiby, J. E. McCosker, et al. / B枚hlke, Eugenia B., ed., 1989: Orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes. Fishes of the Western North Atlantic, no. 1, pt. 9, vol. 1. xvii + 1-656. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
| Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
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