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: Enchelycore
Species: Enchelycore nigricans
Name
Enchelycore nigricans (Bonnaterre, 1788)
No types known.
Type locality: Caribbean Sea, Central America.[1]
Synonyms
Muraena nigricans Bonnaterre, 1788
Muraena anguina Gronow in Gray, 1854
Enchelycore euryrhina Kaup, 1856
Gymnothorax nigrocastaneus Cope, 1871
Gymnothorax umbrosus Poey, 1875
Gymnothorax brunneus Nichols, 1920
Vernacular names
English: Mulatto conger
References
Bonnaterre, J. P.; 1788: Tableau encyclopédique et methodique des trois règnes de la nature... Ichthyologie. Panckoucke, Paris. 1-215, Pls. A-B + 1-100.
Cope, E. D.; 1871: Contribution to the ichthyology of the Lesser Antilles. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, (New Series) 14 (pt 3) (art. 5): 445–483.
Gray, J. E.; 1854: Catalogue of fish collected and described by Laurence Theodore Gronow, now in the British Museum. London. 1-196.
Kaup, J. J.; 1856: Uebersicht der Aale. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 22 (1): 41–77.pdf
Nichols, J. T.; 1920: A contribution to the ichthyology of Bermuda. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 33: 59–64.pdf
Poey, F.; 1875: Poissons de l'île de Cuba. Espèces nouvelles décrites. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York, 11 (3-4) (art. 6): 58–70, Pls. 7-10.pdf
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.
Enchelycore nigricans in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
The mottled conger moray, sometimes called mulatto conger or viper moray, is a moray eel of the genus Enchelycore, distributed across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Its length is up to 100 centimeters.
References
Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J. (2015). "Enchelycore nigricans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T195694A2403753. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T195694A2403753.en. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
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