Echidna polyzona

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 polyzona

Name

Echidna polyzona (Richardson, 1845)

Lectotype: BMNH 1977.4.22.3, designated by Böhlke & Randall (2000). Paralectotypes (1)?: BMNH 1855.9.19.1292 (1).

Type locality: No locality given.

Synonyms

Muraena polyzona Richardson, 1845
Muraena fascigula Peters, 1855
Muraena dizona Bleeker, 1861
Poecilophis tritor Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875
Poecilophis pikei Bliss (ex Steindachner), 1883
Echidna zonata Fowler, 1900
Echidna leihala Jenkins, 1903
Echidna vincta Jenkins, 1903
Echidna obscura Jenkins, 1903
Echidna zonophaea Jordan & Evermann, 1903
Echidna psalion Jenkins, 1903
Echidna sauvagei Fowler, 1912

References

Bleeker, P.; 1860: Zesde bijdrage tot de kennis der vischfauna van Timor. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië, 22: 247–261.
Bliss, R.; 1883: Descriptions of new species of Mauritian fishes. Transactions of the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences of Mauritius (N. S.), 13: 45–63.
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.
Fowler, H. W.; 1900: Contributions to the ichthyology of the tropical Pacific. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 52: 493–528, Pls. 18-20.pdf
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
Jenkins, O. P.; Report on collections of fishes made in the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions of new species. Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission, 22 (1902): 415–511, Pls. 1-4.
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.
Peters, W. (C. H.), 1855: Übersicht der in Mossambique beobachteten Seefische. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preuss[ischen] Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1855: 428–466.
Richardson, J.; 1845: Ichthyology.--Part 3. In R. B. Hinds (ed.): The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Sulphur, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, R. N., C. B., F. R. G. S., etc., during the years 1836-42, No. 10 . London: Smith, Elder & Co. 99-150, Pls. 55-64.
Smith, D.G. 2012. A checklist of the moray eels of the world (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Muraenidae). Zootaxa 3474: 1–64. Preview PDF Reference page.
Vaillant, L. L. & Sauvage, H. E.; 1875: Note sur quelques espèces nouvelles de poissons des îles Sandwich. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie (Ser. 3) v. 3: 278–287.
Echidna polyzona in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Vernacular names

English: Barred moray