WoRMS taxon details
Enchelynassa canina (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
217475 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217475)
accepted
Species
Enchelycore canina (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) · unaccepted
Enchelynassa conina (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Muraena canina Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Muraena canina Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1824-1825). Description des Poissons. Chapter IX. <em>In: Freycinet, L. de, Voyage autour du Monde...exécuté sur les corvettes de L. M.</em> 192-401 [1-328 in 1824; 329-616 in 1825], Atlas pls. 43-65., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40871183#page/204/mode/1up [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Enchelynassa canina (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217475 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Muraena canina Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1824-1825). Description des Poissons. Chapter IX. <em>In: Freycinet, L. de, Voyage autour du Monde...exécuté sur les corvettes de L. M.</em> 192-401 [1-328 in 1824; 329-616 in 1825], Atlas pls. 43-65., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40871183#page/204/mode/1up [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., 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] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Muraena canina Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Enchelynassa canina)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Enchelycore canina (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824))
To FishBase (from synonym Muraena canina Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
To FishBase (from synonym Enchelynassa conina (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824))
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 31 proteins) (from synonym Muraena canina Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 31 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Enchelynassa canina USNM 116076 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Enchelynassa canina USNM 424097 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Muraena canina Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Enchelynassa canina)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Enchelycore canina (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824))
To FishBase (from synonym Muraena canina Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
To FishBase (from synonym Enchelynassa conina (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824))
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 31 proteins) (from synonym Muraena canina Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 31 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Enchelynassa canina USNM 116076 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Enchelynassa canina USNM 424097 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
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