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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)
Taxonomy
The name Echidna was also used by Merrem in 1820 to describe the genus Bitis (a group of African vipers), but is now listed in its synonymy.[1]
Cited references
- ↑ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).