Enchelycore nigricans

Enchelycore nigricans

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: Enchelycore nigricans

Name

• Enchelycore nigricans (Bonnaterre, 1788)

No types known.

Type locality: Caribbean Sea, Central America.[1]

Synonyms

• Muraena nigricans Bonnaterre, 1788
• Muraena anguina Gronow in Gray, 1854
• Enchelycore euryrhina Kaup, 1856
• Gymnothorax nigrocastaneus Cope, 1871
• Gymnothorax umbrosus Poey, 1875
• Gymnothorax brunneus Nichols, 1920

Vernacular names

English: Mulatto conger

References

• Bonnaterre, J. P.; 1788: Tableau encyclopédique et methodique des trois règnes de la nature... Ichthyologie. Panckoucke, Paris. 1-215, Pls. A-B + 1-100.
• Cope, E. D.; 1871: Contribution to the ichthyology of the Lesser Antilles. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, (New Series) 14 (pt 3) (art. 5): 445–483.
• Gray, J. E.; 1854: Catalogue of fish collected and described by Laurence Theodore Gronow, now in the British Museum. London. 1-196.
• Kaup, J. J.; 1856: Uebersicht der Aale. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 22 (1): 41–77.pdf
• Nichols, J. T.; 1920: A contribution to the ichthyology of Bermuda. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 33: 59–64.pdf
• Poey, F.; 1875: Poissons de l'île de Cuba. Espèces nouvelles décrites. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York, 11 (3-4) (art. 6): 58–70, Pls. 7-10.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. 
• Enchelycore nigricans in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.