Echidna catenata

Author
Bloch, 1795
Common Names
  • Chain Moray
  • Chain Moray Eel
  • Little Banded Eel

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Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
2 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Atlantic. Bahamas, Caribbean
Habitat-Biology
  • demersal
  • beach and shoreline
  • coral reef
  • soft substrate (muds, sands, clays)
References

  • Böhlke, E. B., J. E. McCosker, and J. E. Böhlke. 1989. Family Muraenidae. Pp. 104–206 in B. B. Collette et al., eds. Fishes of the Western North Atlantic. Part 9. Leptocephali Sears Foundation for Marine Research, Memoir 1, New Haven.

  • Böhlke, E. B., and D. G. Smith. 2002. Muraenidae. Pp. 700–718 in K. E. Carpenter, ed. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Vol. 2. Bony fishes part 1 (Acipenseridae to Grammatidae). FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 5. FAO, Rome.

  • McEachran, J. D., and J. D. Fechhelm. 1998. Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico. Volume 1: Myxiniformes to Gasterosteiformes. University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas. 1112 p.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-05-2024.

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