Anarchias
Appearance
Anarchias | |
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Anarchias seychellensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Muraenidae |
Subfamily: | Uropterygiinae |
Genus: | Anarchias D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1906 |
Type species | |
Anarchias allardicei D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1906
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Species | |
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Anarchias is a genus of moray eels in the family Muraenidae.
The species in this family are typically characterized by their small stature(length), they’re usually brown, and they tend to reside in coral reefs or rocky regions near shores.[1][2][3]
Species
[edit]- Anarchias allardicei D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1906 (Allardice's moray) (formerly Anarchias maldiviensis)
- Anarchias cantonensis (L. P. Schultz, 1943) (Canton Island moray)
- Anarchias euryurus (E. H. M. Lea, 1913)
- Anarchias exulatus Reece, D. G. Smith & Holm, 2010
- Anarchias galapagensis (Seale, 1940) (Minute moray)
- Anarchias leucurus (Snyder, 1904) (Snyder's moray)
- Anarchias longicaudis (W. K. H. Peters, 1877)
- Anarchias schultzi Reece, D. G. Smith & Holm, 2010
- Anarchias seychellensis J. L. B. Smith, 1962 (Seychelles moray)
- Anarchias similis (E. H. M. Lea, 1913) (Pygmy moray) (formerly Anarchias grassi and Anarchias yoshiae)
- Anarchias supremus McCosker & A. L. Stewart, 2006
References
[edit]- ^ Böhlke, Eugenia Brandt; Randall, John Ernest (2000-04-14). "A Review of the Moray eels (Angulliformes: Muraenidae) of the Hawaiian Islands, with Descriptions of Two New Species". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 150. Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University: 203–278. ISSN 0097-3157. JSTOR 4065071. LCCN 12030019. OCLC 9986566956.
- ^ McCosker, John E; Stewart, Andrew L (2010-03-30). "Additions to the New Zealand marine eel fauna with the description of a new moray, Anarchias supremus (Teleostei: Muraenidae), and comments on the identity of Gymnothorax griffini Whitley & Phillips". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 36 (2). Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire: Taylor & Francis: 83–95. doi:10.1080/03014223.2006.9517802. ISSN 0303-6758. OCLC 10310197724. Retrieved 2024-11-01.
- ^ Reece, Joshua S; Smith, David G; Holm, Erling (2010-09-01). "The Moray Eels of the Anarchias cantonensis Group (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae), with Description of Two New Species". Copeia. 2010 (3). Washington, D.C.: BioOne: 421–430. doi:10.1643/Ci-09-189. ISSN 0045-8511. OCLC 9984519814.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Anarchias". FishBase. May 2006 version.