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Echidna nebulosa (Ahl, 1789)

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Actinopterygii
order
Anguilliformes
family
Muraenidae
genus
Echidna
species
Echidna nebulosa

Name

Synonyms
? boschi Bleeker, 1853
Echidna cocosa Garman, 1899
Echidna forsteri Walbaum, 1792
Echidna variegata Bleeker, 1864
Echidna variegata Forster, 1848
Gymnothorax boschi (Bleeker, 1853)
Gymnothorax boschii (Bleeker, 1853)
Gymnothorax echidna Forster, 1801
Lycodontis boschi (Bleeker, 1853)
Muraena auloptera De Filippi, 1853
Muraena boschii Bleeker, 1853
Muraena cerinonigra Richardson, 1846
Muraena echidna Gmelin, 1789
Muraena geographica Richardson, 1848
Muraena nebulosa Ahl, 1789
Muraena ophis Forsskål, 1775
Muraena ophis Rüppell, 1830
Muraena variegata Richardson, 1848
Poecilophis nebulosa (Ahl, 1789)
Homonyms
Echidna nebulosa (Ahl, 1789)
Common names
Abu Jineh in Arabic
Ahas-dagat in Tagalog
Ai'aiuga in Samoan
Anguille morel grise in language.
Apate in Indonesian
Asfan in Arabic
Barason in language.
Belut in Malay
Belut-laut belang in Malay
Bircaca in language.
Bircaca in language.
Blompaling in Afrikaans
Bosch' moray eel in English
Bosch's moray in English
Bosch's reef-eel in English
Clouded eel in English
Clouded moray in English
Clouded moray in English
Clouded moray in English
Clouded reef eel in English
Cá Chình bông in Vietnamese
Fau ote kolo in language.
Floral moray in English
Hagman-lisadso in Marshallese
Igat in Tagalog
Indang in language.
Kal in Somali
Kumo-utsubo in Japanese
Malanhi in Malayalam
Mhunga dawo in language.
Mkunga in Swahili
Mkunga-chui in Swahili
Moreia estrelada in Portuguese
Morena estrellada in Spanish
Morena estrellada in Spanish
Morena estriada in Spanish
Morena estriada in Spanish
Mouveng in Maldivian
Muria karang in Malay
Murène à fleurs in French
Murène étoilée in French
Muréna boschova in Czech
Muréna hvězdovitá in Czech
Nashuj in Arabic
Nebulous moray eel in English
Ogdok in language.
Pabukang benhe in language.
Panangitan in language.
Payangitan in Tagalog
Posau in language.

Bibliographic References

  1. Böhlke, E. B., J. E. Böhlke, M. M. Leiby, J. E. McCosker, et al. / Böhlke, Eugenia B., ed., 1989: Orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes. Fishes of the Western North Atlantic, no. 1, pt. 9, vol. 1. xvii + 1-656.
  2. Böhlke, E. B., J. E. McCosker, and D. G. Smith / Carpenter, Kent E., and Volker H. Niem, eds., 1999: Muraenidae: Morays. FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes: The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific, vol. 3: Batoid fishes, chimaeras and Bony fishes, part 1 (Elopidae to Linophrynidae). 1643-1657.
  3. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  4. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021).
  5. Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
  6. Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386.
  7. Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.
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