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Echidna nebulosa
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a. Echidna nebulosa (Ahl, 1789) - Starry Moray
Observation: The species was recorded from the rocky reefs of Vizhinjam (8°22′32″ N, 76°59′28″ E to 8°22′36″ N, 76°59′32″ E) at a depth of 1 m on April 27, 2017.
Diagnosis: Identified by its moderately stout body, short snout, and tubular broad nostrils. The species exhibits three rows of large black blotches adorned with yellowish spots. The dorsal fin originates just before the gill opening.
Distribution: Widely distributed across the Indo-West Pacific and Eastern Pacific, including the Red Sea, East Africa, the Persian Gulf, and Micronesia.
Remarks: The species first reported from India in 2002 (Kapoor, 2002). Previously listed from Kerala waters (Baiju et al., 2016; Baiju et al., 2019).
Notes
Published as part of PT, Baiju, Pereira FG, Benno, MR, Sethu, Mol VP, Limna, MP, Prabhakaran & V, Jayaprakas, 2025, New Distributional Records of 31 Marine Fish Species from Rocky Reefs of Kerala: Insights from Underwater Visual Census on the Southwest Coast of India, pp. 1-26 in Species (e 24 s 3127) (e 24 s 3127) 26 (77) on page 9, DOI: 10.54905/disssi.v26i77.e24s3127, http://zenodo.org/record/20145256
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- Is part of
- Journal article: 10.54905/disssi.v26i77.e24s3127 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/20145256 (URL)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/5877FF9DFFA2C614FFBF5A39FFA8FFBF (URL)
- Is source of
- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/A44E87E5FFAAC61CFFDF5971FF6BFB38 (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/321397307 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Ahl
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Anguilliformes
- Family
- Muraenidae
- Genus
- Echidna
- Species
- nebulosa
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Echidna nebulosa (Ahl, 1789) sec. PT, FG, MR, VP, MP & V, 2025
References
- 19. Kapoor D. Fish biodiversity of India. Lucknow: National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources; 2002. lxxx, 775.
- Baiju PT, Benno Pereira FG, Jayaprakas V, Prabhakaran MP. Biodiversity associated with mussel fishery at Vizhinjam-Arabian Sea, South Kerala. J Biol Environ Sci. 2016; 9 (3): 73-89.
- 5. Baiju PT, Prabhakaran MP, Benno Pereira FG, Jayaprakas V. Check list of rocky reef associated fishes of south Kerala coast, India. Res J Mar Sci. 2019; 7 (1): 1-13.