Species Echidna unicolor Schultz, 1953

Museums

Regional Maps

External Links

• Echidna unicolor Schultz, L.P. 1953. Family Muraenidae: moray eels. pp. 98-159, figs 21-33, pls 6, 11-16 in Schultz, L.P., Herald, E.S., Lachner, E.A., Welander, A.D. & Woods, L.P. (eds). Fishes of the Marshall and Marianas Islands. Vol. 1. Families Asymmetrontidae through Siganidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 202(1): 1-685, figs 1-90, pls 1-74 [106, figs 21d, 22].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 141627, Rongelap Atoll.
  Paratype(s) FMNH 62582 (Formerly USNM 141625); USNM 141625-26.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Rowley Shoals (17º18´S, 119°19'E) and Hibernia Reef (11°58'S, 123°21'E), WA, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, and Swain Reefs, QLD (21°29'S, 152°34'E); tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Christmas Island Province (23), Northwest Transition (3), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, coral reef, inshore.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth range: 1-30 m.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1985. Fishes of Western Australia. Book 9. pp. 2207-2534 526 pls in Burgess, W.E. & Axelrod, H.R. (eds). Pacific Marine Fishes. Neptune, New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications.

Allen, G. R., McCosker, J. E., Cross, N. J., Bray, D. J. & Hoese, D. F. 2006. Muraenidae. pp. 243-259 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [246]

Allen, G.R., Steene, R.C. & Orchard, M. 2007. Fishes of Christmas Island. Christmas Island : Christmas Island Natural History Association 2 edn, 284 pp. [39]

Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. [78]

Böhlke, E.B., McCosker, J.E. & Smith, D.G. 1999. Family Muraenidae. pp. 1643-1657 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068. [1656]

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 [76]

Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [16]

Paxton, J.R., Hoese, D.F., Allen, G.R. & Hanley, J.E. (eds) 1989. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Pisces: Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 7 665 pp. [127]

 

Common Name References

Allen, G.R. & Steene, R.C. 1988. Fishes of Christmas Island Indian Ocean. Christmas Island : Christmas Island Natural History Association 197 pp. [21] (Pale Moray)

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 [73] (Unicolor Moray)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Pale Moray)

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Standard names of Australian fishes. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 9: 1-64 [18] (Pale Moray)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Mar-2019	ELOPOMORPHA	18-Aug-2018	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese (AM)
23-Sep-2011	ANGUILLIFORMES	23-Sep-2011	MOVED	Dr Dianne Bray
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED