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Case 3873: Muraena alba Zuiew, 1793 (currently Monopterus albus; Teleostei, SYNBRANCHIDAE): proposed conservation of usage of the specific name by designation of a neotype

Ralf Britz, Maurice Kottelat, “Case 3873: Muraena alba Zuiew, 1793 (currently Monopterus albus; Teleostei, SYNBRANCHIDAE): proposed conservation of usage of the specific name by designation of a neotype”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 82, 2025.

The purpose of this application, under Articles 75.3, 75.6, 81.1 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, is to set aside all previous name-bearing types for the species Muraena alba Zuiew, 1793 (currently Monopterus albus , the Asian swamp eel) and to designate a neotype in its place. The....

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