Enchelynassa canina

Enchelynassa canina

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: Enchelynassa
Species: Enchelynassa canina

Name

• Enchelynassa canina (Quoy & Gaimard 1824)

Syntypes: MNHN (not found).

Type locality: Indonesia, Bismarck Archipelago, Waigeo [Waigiou], Rawak Island.[1]

Synonyms

• Muraena canina Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
• Enchelynassa bleekeri Kaup, 1855
• Gymnothorax vinolentus Jordan & Evermann, 1903
• Enchelynassa rhinechidna Jordan, 1927 -- Böhlke & Randall, 2000
• ?Gymnothorax feyhonnieni Chen, 1929 -- Zhang et al., 2010

Vernacular names

English: Viper moray

References

• Böhlke, E. B. & Randall, J. E.; 2000: A review of the moray eels (Angulliformes [sic]: Muraenidae) of the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions of two new species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 150: 203–278, Pls. 1-9.
• Chen, J. T. F.; 1929: A review of the Apodal fishes of Kwangtung. Bulletin of the Biology Department, Science College, Sun Yatsen University, 1 (1): 1–46, Pls. 1-3.
• Jordan, D. S.; 1927: Shore fishes of Samoa. Journal of the Pan-Pacific Research Institution, 2 (4): 3–11.
• Jordan, D. S. & Evermann, B. W.; 1903: Descriptions of new genera and species of fishes from the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission, 22 (1902): 161–208.
• Kaup, J. J.; 1855: Enchelynassa, neue Gattung aus der Familie der Aale. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 21 (1): 213–214, Pl. 10. BHL
• Quoy, J. R. C. & Gaimard, J. P.; 1824-25: Description des Poissons. Chapter IX. In: Freycinet, L. de: Voyage autour du Monde...exécuté sur les corvettes de L. M. "L'Uranie" et "La Physicienne," pendant les années 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820. Paris. 192-401 [1-328 in 1824; 329-616 in 1825], Atlas pls. 43-65.
• Smith, D.G. 2012. A checklist of the moray eels of the world (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Muraenidae). Zootaxa 3474: 1–64. Preview PDF. . Reference page. 
• Zhang, C.-G., Tang, W.-Q., Liu, D., Zhang, Z.-L. & Zhang, S.-Y.; 2010: Fauna Sinica. Osteichthyes. Anguilliformes, Notacanthiformes. Science Press, Beijing. 1-453, Pls. 1.1, 1.2, 2-3.
• Enchelynassa canina in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.