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Muraenidae

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Muraenidae

* Anarchias longicaudis (Peter, 1877) —Bluntnose moray

Recorded from Madeira as Anarchias euryurus (Lea, 1913). Taxonomic decision of Böhlke et al. (1989: 117, 120).

* Enchelycore anatina (Lowe, 1838) —Fangtooth moray

* Gymnothorax bacalladoi Böhlke & Brito, 1987—Bacallado's moray

Recorded from Madeira by Brito et al. (2002: 97).

* Gymnothorax maderensis (Johnson, 1862) —Sharktooth moray

* Gymnothorax polygonius Poey, 1875 —Polygon moray

* Gymnothorax unicolor (Delaroche, 1809) —Brown moray

The specimen USNM 94531 (1, Madeira), originally identified as Gymnothorax afer Bloch, 1795 was re-identified as G. unicolor by D. Smith (pers. comm. 22 Sept. 2006); thus there is no record of G. a f e r for Madeira.

* Gymnothorax vicinus (Castlenau, 1855) —Purplemouth moray

Recorded by Smith & Böhlke in Quéro et al. (1990: 143-144). The only specimen in the MMF (MMF 36398) was caught in 150 m depth. We do not consider this as a coastal species at Madeira.

* Muraena augusti (Kaup, 1856)

Several authors like Nunes (1974: 157), Wirtz (1994: 30) and Brito et al. (2002: 98) list Muraena augusti from Madeira. Eschmeyer (2004) finds the latest taxonomic decision in a revision by Smith & Böhlke (1990: 145) who conclude it is a synonym of M. helena. However, Jiménez et al (2007) have confirmed the specific identity of M. augusti using morphological and genetic methods.

* Muraena helena Linnaeus, 1758 —Mediterranean moray

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Published as part of Wirtz, Peter, Fricke, Ronald & Biscoito, Manuel José, 2008, The coastal fishes of Madeira Island — new records and an annotated check-list, pp. 1-26 in Zootaxa 1715 on pages 5-6, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.274128

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Biodiversity

Family
Muraenidae
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Anguilliformes
Phylum
Chordata
Taxon rank
family

References

  • Bohlke, E. B., McCosker, J. E. & Bohlke, J. E. (1989) Family Muraenidae (pp. 104 - 206). In: Bohlke, E. B. 1989 (ed.), Volume One: Orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes. Volume Two: Leptocephali. Fishes of the Western North Atlantic. Number 1. Memoir, Sears Foundation of Marine Research, 9 (1), i - xvii + 1 - 655; 2, i - vii + 657 - 1055.
  • Lowe, R. T. (1838) Piscium Maderensium species quaedam novae, vel minus rite cognitae, breviter descriptae. Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, 6, 195 - 202, 5 pls.
  • Brito, A., Pascual, P. J., Falcon, J. M., Sancho, A. & Gonzalez, G. (2002) Peces de las Islas Canarias. Catalogo comentado e ilustrado. F. Lemus, Tenerife. 419 pp.
  • Quero, J. C., Hureau, J. C., Karrer, C., Post, A. & Saldanha, L. (1990) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic. 3 volumes. Lisbon.
  • Nunes, A. A. (1974) Peixes da Madeira. Junta Geral do Distrito Autonomo, Funchal. 284 pp.
  • Wirtz, P. (1994) Unterwasserfuhrer Madeira, Kanaren, Azoren: Fische - Underwater Guide Madeira, Canary Islands, Azores: Fish. Naglschmid Verlag, Stuttgart.
  • Eschmeyer, W. N. (2004) The Catalog of Fishes, on - line version (updated 0 9 Oct. 2007). [http: // www. calacademy. org / research / ichthyology / catalog / fishcatsearch. html]. (Last accession: 0 5 Dec 2007).