Echidna leucotaenia
Schultz,
1943 (Fish)
Organism information awaits expert curation
Organism information awaits expert curation
| Taxonomy | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Muraenidae |
Description
Max length: 75.0 cm TL (male/unsexed)
Color: Plain brownish; a broad lighter area behind eye; edges of dorsal and anal fins white; tip of snout and lower jaw pale to brownish; mucus pores below eye and posterior nostrils white; an oblique elongate dark blotch on upper and lower jaw anterior to corner of mouth.
Head 7.3-8.0, depth of body 14.0-16.2, both in total length. Head 2.4-2.7 in trunk. Eye diameter 8.5-9.6 in head, 1.3-1.6 in snout and 1.1-1.3 in interorbital space. Cleft of mouth 2.3-2.9 in head. Anterior nostrils tubular, on each side of tip of snout; posterior nostrils with slightly raised rims, slightly behind a level from the front border of eye. Teeth all granular, except those at symphysis of upper jaw which are somewhat conical; uniserial in upper jaw, biserial in lower jaw; 2 or 3 teeth on intermaxillary and 2-3 series on vomer. Dorsal fin origin on rear of head before a level from the gill opening.
Remarks: Values in above description denote proportions.
Max length: 75.0 cm TL (male/unsexed)
Color: Plain brownish; a broad lighter area behind eye; edges of dorsal and anal fins white; tip of snout and lower jaw pale to brownish; mucus pores below eye and posterior nostrils white; an oblique elongate dark blotch on upper and lower jaw anterior to corner of mouth.
Head 7.3-8.0, depth of body 14.0-16.2, both in total length. Head 2.4-2.7 in trunk. Eye diameter 8.5-9.6 in head, 1.3-1.6 in snout and 1.1-1.3 in interorbital space. Cleft of mouth 2.3-2.9 in head. Anterior nostrils tubular, on each side of tip of snout; posterior nostrils with slightly raised rims, slightly behind a level from the front border of eye. Teeth all granular, except those at symphysis of upper jaw which are somewhat conical; uniserial in upper jaw, biserial in lower jaw; 2 or 3 teeth on intermaxillary and 2-3 series on vomer. Dorsal fin origin on rear of head before a level from the gill opening.
Remarks: Values in above description denote proportions.
Synonym (s)
Common Name (s)
• Whiteface Moray (English)
• Huduveng (Mahl)
• Malanhi (Malayalam)
• Whiteface Moray (English)
• Huduveng (Mahl)
• Malanhi (Malayalam)
Economic Importance and Threats
Ecology
Habitat: Benthic, Reef Associated, Estuarine
Trophic Level: Secondary Consumer
Prey: Crustaceans
Habitat: Benthic, Reef Associated, Estuarine
Trophic Level: Secondary Consumer
Prey: Crustaceans
Biogeography
• Lakshadweep, Kadamatt INDIA
• Lakshadweep, Kavaratti INDIA
• Lakshadweep, Minicoy INDIA
• Lakshadweep INDIA
• SEYCHELLES
• Lakshadweep, Kadamatt INDIA
• Lakshadweep, Kavaratti INDIA
• Lakshadweep, Minicoy INDIA
• Lakshadweep INDIA
• SEYCHELLES
Literature Source(s)
- Wafar, MVM (2003) Checklists of reef fauna Available at - http://www.reefindia.org/
- Froese, R and Pauly, D (2000) Fishbase 2000: Concepts, design and data sources ICLARM 344 pp Available at - http://www.fishbase.org
- Jones, S and Kumaran, M (1980) Fishes of the Laccadive Archipelago The Nature Conservation and Aquatic Sciences Service, Trivandrum, Kerala 760 pp Available at - NIO, Goa
- Society for the Management of European Biodiversity Data (2009) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Available at - http://www.marinespecies.org
- Jones, S. (1969) Catalogue of fishes from the Laccadive Archipelago in the reference collections of the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute. Bulletin of Central Marine Research Institute CMFRI, Cochin 8 1-35 Available at - http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/569/1/Bulletin_8.pdf
- Jones, S and Kumaran, M (1965) New records of fishes from the seas around India - Part III Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India Marine Biological Association of India 7(2) 381-400 Available at - http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/1855/1/Jones_381-400.pdf
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