MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Enchelycore Kaup, 1856

WoRMS taxon details

Enchelycore Kaup, 1856

AphiaID

125635 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125635)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Muraeninae Rafinesque, 1815

Synonymised names

Aemasia Jordan & Snyder, 1901 · unaccepted

Enchelicore · unaccepted (misspelling)

Fimbrinares Whitley, 1948 · unaccepted

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Species Enchelycore anatina (Lowe, 1838)
Species Enchelycore bayeri (Schultz, 1953)
Species Enchelycore bikiniensis (Schultz, 1953)
Species Enchelycore carychroa Böhlke & Böhlke, 1976
Species Enchelycore kamara Böhlke & Böhlke, 1980
Species Enchelycore lichenosa (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
Species Enchelycore nigricans (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Species Enchelycore nycturanus Smith, 2002
Species Enchelycore octaviana (Myers & Wade, 1941)
Species Enchelycore pardalis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
Species Enchelycore propinqua Mohapatra, Smith, Mohanty, Mishra & Tudu, 2017
Species Enchelycore ramosa (Griffin, 1926)
Species Enchelycore schismatorhynchus (Bleeker, 1853)
Species Enchelycore canina (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) accepted as Enchelynassa canina (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Species Enchelycore euryrhina Kaup, 1856 accepted as Enchelycore nigricans (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Species Enchelycore favagineus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) accepted as Gymnothorax favagineus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Species Enchelycore mosaica (Whitley, 1948) accepted as Enchelycore ramosa (Griffin, 1926)
Species Enchelycore nigrocastaneus (Cope, 1871) accepted as Enchelycore nigricans (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Species Enchelycore octavianus (Myers & Wade, 1941) accepted as Enchelycore octaviana (Myers & Wade, 1941)
Species Enchelycore ramosus (Griffin, 1926) accepted as Enchelycore ramosa (Griffin, 1926) (misspelling)
Species Enchelycore tamarae Prokofiev, 2005 accepted as Gymnothorax fimbriatus (Bennett, 1832) (synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Enchelycore Kaup, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125635 on 2025-04-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2006-09-11 06:44:08Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2013-01-04 15:09:25Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Fimbrinares Whitley, 1948) Whitley, G. P. (1948). Studies in ichthyology. No. 13. Records of the Australian Museum. v. 22 (no. 1): 70-94. [details]

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

Other

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. 2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao. 314 p. [details]

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

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Language	Name
Japanese	コケウツボ属	[details]

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