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Echidna (genus)

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Echidna
Snowflake moray, Echidna nebulosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Echidna
Forster, 1788
Species

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Echidna is a genus moray eels in the family Muraenidae.

Species

  • Echidna amblyodon (Bleeker, 1856)
  • Chain moray, Echidna catenata (Bloch, 1795)
  • Fine-speckled moray, Echidna delicatula (Kaup, 1856)
  • Whiteface moray, Echidna leucotaenia Schultz, 1943
  • Snowflake moray, Echidna nebulosa (Ahl, 1789)
  • Freckled moray, Echidna nocturna (Cope, 1872)
  • Pebbletooth moray, Echidna peli (Kaup, 1856)
  • Barred moray, Echidna polyzona (Richardson, 1845)
  • Echidna rhodochilus Bleeker, 1863
  • Unicolor moray, Echidna unicolor Schultz, 1953
  • Echidna xanthospilos (Bleeker, 1859)

References

  • "Echidna". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.

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