Echidna (genus)

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Kingdom Animalia Class Actinopterygii Family Muraenidae		Phylum Chordata Order Anguilliformes

Genus Echidna J. R. Forster, 1788

Echidna is a genus of moray eels in the family Muraenidae.

Species

In addition to the species listed below, the zebra moray (Gymnomuraena zebra) has sometimes been included in Echidna.

Echidna amblyodon (Bleeker, 1856)

Echidna catenata (Bloch, 1795) (chain moray)

Echidna delicatula (Kaup, 1856) (mottled moray)

Echidna leucotaenia L. P. Schultz, 1943 (whiteface moray)

Echidna nebulosa (J. N. Ahl, 1789) (snowflake moray)

Echidna nocturna (Cope, 1872) (freckled moray)

Echidna peli (Kaup, 1856) (pebbletooth moray)

Echidna polyzona (J. Richardson, 1845) (barred moray)

Echidna rhodochilus Bleeker, 1863 (pink-lipped moray eel)

Echidna unicolor L. P. Schultz, 1953 (unicolor moray)

Echidna xanthospilos (Bleeker, 1859) (New Guinea moray)

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