Genus Anarchias Jordan & Starks, 1906

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• Anarchias Jordan, D.S. & Starks, E.C. in Jordan, D.S. & Seale, A. 1906. The fishes of Samoa. Description of the species found in the Archipelago, with a provisional checklist of the fishes of Oceania. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries (U.S.) for 1905 25: 173-455 figs 1-111 pls 33-53 [204].

  Type species:

   Anarchias allardicei Jordan & Starks, 1906 by original designation.

Introduction

Anarchias leucurus and A. seychellensis are currently considered to be a species complex with specific differences between them uncertain (see Reece et al 2010). Both species are treated here as valid but we recognise that future work may change the identification of specimens and subsequently distributions of the two forms.

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Province (18), Cape Province (20), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northwest Transition (3), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

General References

Böhlke, E.B. & McCosker, J.E. 2001. The moray eels of Australia and New Zealand, with the description of two new species (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae). Records of the Australian Museum 53: 71-102 figs 1-10

McCosker, J.E. & Stewart, A.L. 2006. Additions to the New Zealand marine eel fauna with the description of a new moray, Anarchias supremus (Teleostei: Muraenidae), and comments on the identity of Gymnothorax griffini Whitley & Phillips. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 36: 83-95

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs.

Reece, J.S., Smith, D.G. & Holm, E. 2010. The Moray Eels of the Anarchias cantonensis group (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae), with description of two new species. Copeia 2010(3): 421-430

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