Channomuraena
Encyclopedia
Channomuraena is a genus
of moray eel
s in the family Muraenidae.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of moray eel
Moray eel
Moray eels are cosmopolitan eels of the family Muraenidae. The approximately 200 species in 15 genera are almost exclusively marine, but several species are regularly seen in brackish water and a few, for example the freshwater moray can sometimes be found in freshwater...
s in the family Muraenidae.
Species
- Channomuraena bauchotaeChannomuraena bauchotaeChannomuraena bauchotae is a moray eel found in the western Indian Ocean. It inhabits rocky coasts....
Saldanha & Quéro, 1994 - Channomuraena vittataChannomuraena vittataChannomuraena vittata is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific, Indian, and western Atlantic oceans. It is commonly known as the Broadbanded moray, Banded moray, Banded creeping eel, Chinese moray, Double-ended moray, Long-jawed moray, or the Strange moray....
(J. RichardsonJohn Richardson (naturalist)Sir John Richardson was a Scottish naval surgeon, naturalist and arctic explorer.Richardson was born at Dumfries. He studied medicine at Edinburgh University, and became a surgeon in the navy in 1807. He traveled with John Franklin in search of the Northwest Passage on the Coppermine Expedition of...
, 1845) (Broadbanded moray)