Sulawesi moray

Echidna amblyodon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Echidna
Species: E. amblyodon
Binomial name
Echidna amblyodon
(Bleeker, 1856)
Synonyms[1]
  • Muraena amblyodon Bleeker, 1856

The Sulawesi moray[2] (Echidna amblyodon) is a moray eel found in the western central Pacific Ocean.[3] It was described by Bleeker in 1856, originally under the genus Muraena.[4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from Indonesia, in the western central Pacific Ocean. Males can reach a maximum total length of 20.5 centimetres (8.1 in).[3]

References

  1. Synonyms of Echidna amblyodon at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names of Echidna amblyodon at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 Echidna amblyodon at www.fishbase.org.
  4. Bleeker, P., 1856 [ref. 352] Beschrijvingen van nieuwe of weinig bekende vischsoorten van Manado en Makassar, grootendeels verzameld op eene reis naar den Molukschen Archipel in het gevolg van den Gouverneur Generaal Duymaer van Twist. Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 1 (6): 1-80.
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