Muraenidae

• Main Authors: Wirtz, Peter, Fricke, Ronald, Biscoito, Manuel José
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2008
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Actinopterygii; Anguilliformes; Muraenidae; Lowe; Gonzalez; Nunes; Jiménez; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6230029; https://zenodo.org/record/6230029

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 : 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 : {"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)."]}