Echidna delicatula

Echidna delicatula

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anguilloidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Elopocephalai Supercohors: Elopocephala Cohors/Superordo: Elopomorpha Ordo: Anguilliformes Subordo: Anguilloidei

Familia: Muraenidae
Subfamilia: Muraeninae
Genus: Echidna
Species: Echidna delicatula

Name

• Echidna delicatula (Kaup, 1856)

Holotype: RMNH 7212.

Type locality: Molucca Islands.[1]

Synonyms

• Poecilophis delicatulus Kaup, 1856
• Echidna trossula Jordan & Starks in Jordan & Seale, 1906
• Gymnothorax efatensis Herre, 1935

Vernacular names

English: Mottled moray

References

• Herre, A. W. C. T.; 1935: New fishes obtained by the Crane Pacific expedition. Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series, 18 (12): 383–438.
• Jordan, D. S. & Seale, A:; 1906: The fishes of Samoa. Description of the species found in the archipelago, with a provisional check-list of the fishes of Oceania. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, 25 (for 1905): 173–455 + index 457-488, Pls. 33-53.pdf
• Kaup, J. J.; 1856: Uebersicht der Aale. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 22 (1): 41–77.pdf
• Smith, D.G. 2012. A checklist of the moray eels of the world (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Muraenidae). Zootaxa 3474: 1–64. Preview PDF Reference page. 
• Echidna delicatula in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.