Echidna peli
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Muraenidae |
| Genus: | Echidna |
| Species: | E. peli
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| Binomial name | |
| Echidna peli (Kaup, 1856)
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Echidna peli is a moray eel found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean.[2] It was first named by Johann Jakob Kaup in 1856,[2] and is commonly known as the pebbletooth moray.[3]
The fish is named in honor of Hendrik Severinus Pel (1818-1876) the Dutch Governor of the Gold Coast which is now Ghana, who sent the type specimen to the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie in Leiden, Netherlands.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Smith, D.G. (2015). "Echidna peli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T195684A2402261. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T195684A2402261.en.
- ^ a b Echidna peli at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Common names for Echidna peli at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order ANGUILLIFORMES: Families PROTANGUILLIDAE, SYNAPHOBRANCHIDAE, HETERENCHELYIDAE, MYROCONGRIDAE, MURAENIDAE, CHLOPSIDAE and DERICHTHYIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
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