Echidna nebulosa
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Taxonavigation
Taxonavigation: Anguilloidei |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Muraenidae
Subfamilia: Muraeninae
Genus: Echidna
Species: Echidna nebulosa
Name
- Echidna nebulosa Ahl, 1789
No types known to exist, although Fricke (1999: 42) designated the illustrated specimen as the lectotype.
Type locality: In Orientali India [Indonesia].[1]
Synonyms
- Muraena nebulosa Ahl, 1789
- Muraena echidna Gmelin, 1789
- Echidna forsteri Walbaum, 1792
- Gymnothorax echidna Forster in Bloch & Schneider, 1801
- Muraena ophis Rüppell, 1830
- Muraena variegata (ex Forster) Richardson, 1848
- Muraena cerinonigra Richardson, 1846
- Muraena auloptera De Filippi, 1853
- Muraena boschii Bleeker, 1853
- Echidna cocosa Garman, 1899
Vernacular names
français: Murène étoilée
ไทย: ปลาหลดหินลายเมฆ, ปลาไหลมอเรย์ลายเมฆ
中文: 雲紋蛇鰻
References
- Ahl, J. N.; 1789: Specimen ichthyologicum de muraena et ophichtho, quod venia exp. fac. Med. ups. Praeside Carol. Pet. Thunberg, Equite Aurat reg. ord. de Vasa, Medic. Doc. Profess. Med. et Botan. Reg. et Ord. Acad. Caesar. Nat. Curios. Reg. Scient. Londinens. Holmiens. Societ. Scient. Upsal. Patr. Holm. Berol. Nat. Scrut. Lundens. Harlem. Amsteld. Zeland. Nidrosiens. Halens. Nat. Scrut. Medic. Edimburg. et Nat Studios. Ibid. Membro; nec non Acad. Scient. Paris. Monspeliens. Agricult. Paris. Florentin. et Batavin. Ind. Or. Correspond. J. Edman, Uppsala.: 1–14, pls. 1-2.
- Bleeker, P.; 1853: Bijdrage tot de kennis der Muraenoïden en Symbranchoïden van den Indischen Archipel. Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, 25 (art. 5): 1–62+ 63-76.
- Bloch, M. E. & Schneider, J. G.; 1801: M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae Iconibus cx Ilustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum. 1-584, Pls. 1-110.
- De Filippi, F.; 1853: Nouvelles espèces de poissons. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie, (Sér. 2) 5: 164–171.
- Fricke, R.; 1999: Fishes of the Mascarene Islands (Réunion, Mauritius, Rodriguez). An annotated checklist with descriptions of new species. Koeltz Scientific Books. 1-759.
- 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
- Gmelin, J. F.; 1789: Caroli a Linné ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species; cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decimo tertia, aucta, reformata. 3 vols. in 9 parts. Lipsiae, 1788-93. v. 1 (pt 3): 1033–1516.
- Richardson, J.; 1846: Report on the ichthyology of the seas of China and Japan. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 15th meeting [1845]: 187–320.
- Richardson, J.; 1844-48: Ichthyology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror,... In: J. Richardson & J. E. Gray. The zoology of the voyage of H. H. S. "Erebus & Terror," under the command of Captain Sir J. C. Ross ... during ... 1839-43. London. 2 (2): 1–139, Pls. 1-60. [1844: 1–16; 1845: 17–52; 1846: 53–74; 1848: i-viii + 75-139]
- Rüppell, W. P. E. S.; 1828-30: Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika. Fische des Rothen Meers. Frankfurt am Main (Heinrich Ludwig Brönner).. 1-141 + 3 pp., Pls. 1-35. [Part 1 (1828): 1–26, Pls. 1-6; part 2 (1829): 27–94, Pls. 7-24; part 3 (1830):95-141, Pls. 25-35.]
- Smith, D.G. 2012. A checklist of the moray eels of the world (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Muraenidae). Zootaxa 3474: 1–64. Preview PDF.
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- Walbaum, J. J.; 1792: Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald]. Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3.
- Echidna nebulosa in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
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