Echidna is a genus of moray eels in the family Muraenidae. Species in this genus currently do not form a monophyletic group.
Description
Echidna species lack canine teeth.
Diet
They generally eat crustaceans.
Species
, FishBase and WoRMS recognize the following eleven species in Echidna:
- Echidna amblyodon <small>(Bleeker, 1856)</small> (Sulawesi moray)
- Echidna catenata <small>(Bloch, 1795)</small> (chain moray)
- Echidna delicatula <small>(Kaup, 1856)</small> (mottled moray)
- Echidna leucotaenia <small>L. P. Schultz, 1943</small> (whiteface moray)
- Echidna nebulosa <small>(J. N. Ahl, 1789)</small> (snowflake moray)
- Echidna nocturna <small>(Cope, 1872)</small> (freckled moray)
- Echidna peli <small>(Kaup, 1856)</small> (pebbletooth moray)
- Echidna polyzona <small>(J. Richardson, 1845)</small> (barred moray)
- Echidna rhodochilus <small>Bleeker, 1863</small> (pink-lipped moray eel)
- Echidna unicolor <small>L. P. Schultz, 1953</small> (unicolor moray)
- Echidna xanthospilos <small>(Bleeker, 1859)</small> (New Guinea moray)
In addition to the species listed above, the zebra moray (Gymnomuraena zebra) has sometimes been included in Echidna.
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