Halimuraena

Life-forms

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: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ovalentaria

Familia: Pseudochromidae
Subfamilia: Congrogadinae
Genus: Halimuraena
Species: H. hexagonata – H. lepopareia – H. shakai
Name

Halimuraena Smith, 1952
References

Halimuraena – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Halimuraena species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

Halimuraena is a genus of ray-finned fishes, classified under the subfamily Congrogadinae, the eel blennies, part of the dottyback family, Pseudochromidae. They are found in the western Indian Ocean as far east as the Mascarene Islands,[3] and north to Kenya, although the centre of the genus's distribution appears to be around Madagascar and the Mozambique Channel.[3]
Species

The following species are classified in the genus Halimuraena:[4]

Halimuraena hexagonata J.L.B. Smith, 1952
Halimuraena lepopareia Winterbottom, 1980
Halimuraena shakai Winterbottom, 1978 (Zulu snakelet)

References

Bailly N, ed. (2014). "Halimuraena Smith, 1952". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Halimuraena". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Halimuraena shakai" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Halimuraena Species of 'Halimuraena' in FishBase. June 2018 version.