Muraenidae, Rafinesque, 1810

Carneiro, Miguel, Martins, Rogélia, Landi, Monica & Costa, Filipe O., 2014, Updated checklist of marine fishes (Chordata: Craniata) from Portugal and the proposed extension of the Portuguese continental shelf, European Journal of Taxonomy 73, pp. 1-73 : 17

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2014.73
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9A5F217D-8E7B-448A-9CAB-2CCC9CC6F857
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3867940
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F442953B-2E6D-EF72-FD00-F922FA877945
treatment provided by	Tatiana
scientific name	Muraenidae
status

Treatment

Family Muraenidae View in CoL View at ENA

According to Smith (2012) the classification of moray eels is still a work in progress, and has not yet resulted in a stable phylogeny. The family is imperfectly known since the definitions and boundaries of genera are still uncertain. Moreover, new species are continually being discovered and described.