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Echidna xanthospilos

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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 xanthospilos

Name

Echidna xanthospilos (Bleeker, 1859)

Lectotype: RMNH 7210, designated by Chen & Böhlke 1996: 301. Paralectotype: BMNH 1867.11.28.229 (1).

Type locality: Eastern Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Java, Jawa Tengah Province, Karangbollong [Karang-Bollong Bay, on northeastern tip of Nusa Kambangan Island, 4.5 kilometers southeast to Cilacap, ca. 7°45'34"S, 109°02'32"E].[1]
Synonyms

Muraena xanthospilos Bleeker, 1859
Echidna xanthospilus (Bleeker, 1859)
Poecilophis ornata Kaup, 1859

References

Bleeker, P.; 1859: Over eenige vischsoorten van de Zuidkust-wateren van Java. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië, 19: 329–352.pdf
Chen, H.-M. & Böhlke, E. B.; 1996: Redescription and new records of a rare moray eel, Echidna xanthospilos (Bleeker, 1859) (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae). Zoological Studies, 35 (4): 300–304.
Kaup, J. J.; 1859: Neue aalaehnliche Fische des Hamburger Museums, beschrieben und abgebildet. Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften herausgegeben von dem Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein in Hamburg, 4 (2): 1–29 + suppl. 1-4, Pls. 1-5.
Smith, D.G. 2012. A checklist of the moray eels of the world (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Muraenidae). Zootaxa 3474: 1–64. Preview PDF Open access Reference page.
Echidna xanthospilos in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Echidna xanthospilos is a moray eel found in the western central Pacific Ocean, around Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. It was first named by Pieter Bleeker in 1859. Its common names include yellow-spotted moray[1] and skeletor moray.[2]
References

Echidna xanthospilos at www.fishbase.org.
"Moray Eel - Animal Guide". Georgia Aquarium. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2017. t

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