WoRMS taxon details
Anarchias seychellensis Smith, 1962
217465 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217465)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Smith, J. L. B. (1962). The moray eels of the western Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. <em>Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University.</em> 23: 421-444, Pls. 53-62. [details]
Description Common among rubble, coralline algal debris, and coral heads of shallow wave-washed reefs (Ref. 1602). Often found in...
Description Common among rubble, coralline algal debris, and coral heads of shallow wave-washed reefs (Ref. 1602). Often found in tidepools. May bite when provoked (Ref. 2334). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Anarchias seychellensis Smith, 1962. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217465 on 2025-10-29
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Nomenclature
original description
Smith, J. L. B. (1962). The moray eels of the western Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. <em>Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University.</em> 23: 421-444, Pls. 53-62. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Common among rubble, coralline algal debris, and coral heads of shallow wave-washed reefs (Ref. 1602). Often found in tidepools. May bite when provoked (Ref. 2334). [details]Publication date Described in 1962 according to Gon 1996 <362>. [details]
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Anarchias seychellensis)
To FishBase
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Anarchias seychellensis RAD107831-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Anarchias seychellensis USNM 323558 nontype radiograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Anarchias seychellensis)
To FishBase
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Anarchias seychellensis RAD107831-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Anarchias seychellensis USNM 323558 nontype radiograph lateral view)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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