daggertooth pike conger
Muraenesox cinereus (Forsskål, 1775)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Muraenesox cinereus
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Open encyclopedia reference
The daggertooth pike conger (Muraenesox cinereus) also known as the darkfin pike eel in Australia, to distinguish it from the related pike-eel (Muraenesox bagio), is a species of eel in the pike conger family, Muraenesocidae. They primarily live on soft bottoms in marine and brackish waters down to a depth of 800 m (2,600 ft), but may enter freshwater. They commonly grow to about 1.5 m (4.9 ft) in length, but may grow as long as 2.2 m (7.2 ft). Daggertooth pike congers occur in the Red Sea, on the coast of the northern Indian Ocean, and in the West Pacific from Indochina to Japan. A single specimen was also reported in the Mediterranean Sea off Israel in 1982.
Wikipedia contributors, Daggertooth pike conger; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T10:39:03.386031+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Muraenesox cinereus (Forsskål, 1775)
- Name authority
- (Forsskål, 1775)
- Common name
- daggertooth pike conger
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Anguilliformes
- Family
- Muraenesocidae
- Genus
- Muraenesox
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderAnguilliformes
- familyMuraenesocidae Kaup, 1859
- genusMuraenesox McClelland, 1844
- speciesMuraenesox cinereus (Forsskål, 1775)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Muraenesox. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| common pike congerMuraenesox bagio (Hamilton, 1822) | MuraenesocidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Muraenesox yamaguchiensis Katayama & Takai, 1954 | MuraenesocidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Muraena cinerea Forsskål, 1775 Forsskål, 1775 | synonym |
| Muraenosox cinereus (Forsskål, 1775) (Forsskål, 1775) | synonym |
| Muraenesox cinerius (Forsskål, 1775) (Forsskål, 1775) | synonym |
| Muraena arabica Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Bloch & Schneider, 1801 | synonym |
| Muraena arabicus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Bloch & Schneider, 1801 | synonym |
| Muraenesox arabicus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126296 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:44L7T. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.