Echidna nocturna

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 nocturna

Name

Echidna nocturna (Cope, 1872)

Holotype: ANSP 14926.

Type locality: Costa Rica, Río Grande at San Jose.[1]

Synonyms

Poecilophis nocturnus Cope, 1872
Echidna scabra Garman, 1899
Echidna chionostigma Fowler, 1912
Muraena acutis Seale, 1917
Gymnothorax arae Borodin, 1928
Rabula rotchii Clark, 1936

Vernacular names

English: Freckled moray

References

Borodin, N. A., 1928: Scientific results of the yacht "Ara" Expedition during the years 1926 to 1928, while in command of William K. Vanderbilt. Fishes. Bulletin Vanderbilt Oceanographic Museum, 1 (1): 1–37, 2 maps, Pls. 1-5.
Clark, H. W., 1936: New and noteworthy fishes. The Templeton Crocker expedition of the California Academy of Sciences, 1932. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4) 21 (29): 383–396.pdf
Cope, E. D., 1872: Report on the recent reptiles and fishes of the survey, collected by Campbell Carrington and C. M. Dawes. U. S. Geological Survey Territitories Annual Report, 5 (4): 467–476.
Fowler, H. W.; 1912: Descriptions of nine new eels, with notes on other species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 64: 8–33.pdf
Garman, S.; 1899: The Fishes. In: Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and South America, and off the Galapagos Islands ... by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross," during 1891 ... No. XXVI. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 24 : Text: 1–431, Atlas: Pls. 1-85 + A-M.pdf
Seale, A.; 1917: New species of apodal fishes. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 61 (no. 4): 79–94.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 nocturna in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.