Enchelycore

Enchelycore anatina

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: Enchelycore
Species (13): E. anatina – E. bayeri – E. bikiniensis – E. carychroa – E. kamara – E. lichenosa – E. nigricans – E. nycturanus – E. octaviana – E. pardalis – E. propinqua – E. ramosa – E. schismatorhynchus

Name

• Enchelycore Kaup, 1856a
  • Gender: feminine
  • Type species: Muraena nigricans Bonnaterre, 1788, subsequent designation by Kaup, 1856b: 73

Synonyms

• Aemasia Jordan & Snyder, 1901
• Enchelycotte Kaup in Duméril, 1856
• Eurymyctera Kaup, 1856
• Fimbrinares Whitley, 1948
• Rhinechidna Barbour, 1908

References

Primary references

• Kaup, J.J. 1856a: Uebersicht der Aale. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 22 (1): 41–77. BHL
• Kaup, [J.J.] 1856b: Catalogue of apodal fish, in the collection of the British Museum. London. Pp. 1-163, Pls. 1-19. ["Date possibly 1857, as used by Whitley." – Catalog of Fishes] BHL

Additional references

• Barbour, T.; 1908: Notes on Rhinomuraena. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 21: 39–43. pdf
• Jordan, D. S. & Snyder, J. O.; 1901: A review of the apodal fishes or eels of Japan, with descriptions of nineteen new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 23 (no. 1239): 837–890. pdf
• Mohapatra, A., Smith, D.G., Mohanty, S.R., Mishra, S.S. & Tudu, P.C. 2017. Enchelycore propinqua sp. nov., a new moray eel (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae: Muraeninae) from the Indian Coast. Zootaxa 4319(3): 595–599. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4319.3.11. Reference page. 
• Smith, D.G. 2012. A checklist of the moray eels of the world (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Muraenidae). Zootaxa 3474: 1–64. Preview PDF. . Reference page. 
• Whitley, G. P.; 1948: Studies in ichthyology. No. 13. Records of the Australian Museum, 22 (1): 70–94.

Links

• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus
• Enchelycore species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Enchelycore and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• ITIS