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WoRMS taxon details

Echidna Forster, 1788

AphiaID

206151 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206151)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Muraeninae Rafinesque, 1815

Synonymised names

Echida · unaccepted (misspelling)

Poecilophis Kaup, 1856 · unaccepted

Direct children (19)

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Species Echidna amblyodon (Bleeker, 1856)
Species Echidna catenata (Bloch, 1795)
Species Echidna delicatula (Kaup, 1856)
Species Echidna leucotaenia Schultz, 1943
Species Echidna nebulosa (Ahl, 1789)
Species Echidna nocturna (Cope, 1872)
Species Echidna peli (Kaup, 1856)
Species Echidna polyzona (Richardson, 1845)
Species Echidna rhodochilus Bleeker, 1863
Species Echidna unicolor Schultz, 1953
Species Echidna xanthospilos (Bleeker, 1859)
Species Echidna fascigula (Peters, 1855) accepted as Echidna polyzona (Richardson, 1845)
Species Echidna flavofasciata Poey, 1867 accepted as Echidna catenata (Bloch, 1795)
Species Echidna fuscomaculata Poey, 1867 accepted as Echidna catenata (Bloch, 1795)
Species Echidna leihala Jenkins, 1903 accepted as Echidna polyzona (Richardson, 1845)
Species Echidna uniformis Seale, 1901 accepted as Scolecenchelys macroptera (Bleeker, 1857)
Species Echidna variegata Forster, 1848 accepted as Echidna nebulosa (Ahl, 1789)
Species Echidna xanthospilus (Bleeker, 1859) accepted as Echidna xanthospilos (Bleeker, 1859) (misspelling)
Species Echidna zebra (Shaw, 1797) accepted as Gymnomuraena zebra (Shaw, 1797)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Echidna Forster, 1788. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206151 on 2024-11-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-06-06 22:00:00Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2013-01-04 15:09:25Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2013-02-26 10:10:34Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]