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Muraenichthys elerae Fowler, 1934

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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality: Sulu Sea off w. Mindanao, off Panabuton Pt., Philippines, Albatross sta. 5131, 27 fms (Ref. 26282). Not listed in McCosker, 2014 (Ref. 95665).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Herre, A.W.C.T., 1953
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Elera paelangerjas, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Ophichthidae (Snake eels) > Myrophinae
Etymology: Muraenichthys: Latin,muraena = morey eel + Greek, ichtys = fish (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Fowler.

Issue
This species is probably a synonym of Scolecenchelys godeffroyi (Regan, 1909) in Eschmeyer (CofF ver. May 2011: Ref. 86870) following Castle & McCosker (1999, Ref. 40863). Please send references, or more studies are needed.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal.   Tropical

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