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WoRMS taxon detailsEchidna nebulosa (Ahl, 1789)
217469 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217469)
accepted
Species
Echidna variegata Forster, 1848 · unaccepted
Gymnothorax boschi (Bleeker, 1853) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Gymnothorax boschii (Bleeker, 1853) · unaccepted
Lycodontis boschi (Bleeker, 1853) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Muraena boschii Bleeker, 1852 · unaccepted
Muraena nebulosa Ahl, 1789 · unaccepted
Muraena ophis Rüppell, 1830 · unaccepted
Poecilophis nebulosa (Ahl, 1789) · unaccepted
marine,
(of Muraena nebulosa Ahl, 1789) Ahl, J. N. (1789). Specimen ichthyologicum de Muraena et Ophichtho, quod venia exp. <em>Fac. Med. Ups. Praeside Carol. Pet. Thunberg, etc. J. Edman, Upsaliæ [Upsala].</em> 1-14, 2 pls. [Also published in 1801 as Dissertationes Academicae Upsalae, pp. 1-12, 2 pls. Ahl was the author; Thunberg was his supervising professor. Kottelat 2013:45 disagrees, assuming that Thunberg wrote the description.].
page(s): 7, Pl. 1 (right fig.) [details]
Description Found between rocks and corals of intertidal reef flats, also in shallow lagoons and seaward reefs to depths of at least 10...
Description Found between rocks and corals of intertidal reef flats, also in shallow lagoons and seaward reefs to depths of at least 10 m. Feeds mainly on crustaceans. Safely kept with small aquarium fishes (Ref. 9710). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Echidna nebulosa (Ahl, 1789). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217469 on 2025-05-20
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Nomenclatureoriginal description
(of Muraena nebulosa Ahl, 1789) Ahl, J. N. (1789). Specimen ichthyologicum de Muraena et Ophichtho, quod venia exp. <em>Fac. Med. Ups. Praeside Carol. Pet. Thunberg, etc. J. Edman, Upsaliæ [Upsala].</em> 1-14, 2 pls. [Also published in 1801 as Dissertationes Academicae Upsalae, pp. 1-12, 2 pls. Ahl was the author; Thunberg was his supervising professor. Kottelat 2013:45 disagrees, assuming that Thunberg wrote the description.]. page(s): 7, Pl. 1 (right fig.) [details] original description (of Muraena boschii Bleeker, 1852) Bleeker, P. (1852). Bijdrage tot de kennis der Muraenoïden en Symbranchoïden van den Indischen Archipel. <em>Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen.</em> v. 25 (art. 5): 1-62+ 63-76. [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] Ecologyecology 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]  Othercontext source (HKRMS)
Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  [request] Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Found between rocks and corals of intertidal reef flats, also in shallow lagoons and seaward reefs to depths of at least 10 m. Feeds mainly on crustaceans. Safely kept with small aquarium fishes (Ref. 9710). [details]
To Barcode of Life (89 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Lycodontis boschi (Bleeker, 1853)) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications) (from synonym Muraena ophis Rüppell, 1830) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications) (from synonym Echidna variegata Forster, 1848) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications) (from synonym Muraena nebulosa Ahl, 1789) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (46 publications) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Gymnothorax boschi (Bleeker, 1853)) To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Muraena nebulosa Ahl, 1789) To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Echidna nebulosa) To FishBase (from synonym Gymnothorax boschii (Bleeker, 1853)) To FishBase (from synonym Muraena boschii Bleeker, 1852) To FishBase (from synonym Muraena nebulosa Ahl, 1789) To FishBase To FishBase (from synonym Muraena ophis Rüppell, 1830) To FishBase (from synonym Lycodontis boschi (Bleeker, 1853)) To FishBase (from synonym Poecilophis nebulosa (Ahl, 1789)) To FishBase (from synonym Gymnothorax boschi (Bleeker, 1853)) To FishBase (from synonym Echidna variegata Forster, 1848) To FishBase images (Echidna nebulosa, Tonga, by Randall, J.E.) To Fishipedia To GenBank (181 nucleotides; 196 proteins) To GenBank (181 nucleotides; 196 proteins) (from synonym Muraena nebulosa Ahl, 1789) To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) To NMNH Extant Collection (Echidna nebulosa FIN031139 Slide 120 mm) To NMNH Extant Collection (Echidna nebulosa FIN031140 Slide 120 mm) To ITIS |
