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Anarchias leucurus (Snyder 1904)

Anarchias leucurus

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Anarchias leucurus is a moray eel found in the Pacific Ocean.[1] It was first named by Snyder in 1904 as Uropterygius leucurus,[1] and is commonly known as Snyder's moray, the fine-spotted moray or the finespot moray.[2] It is thought to be the smallest species of moray, and may actually represent several different species or subspecies.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Anarchia leucurus Archived 2011-10-07 at the Wayback Machine at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ Common names for Anarchias leucurus Archived 2011-10-07 at the Wayback Machine at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ Joshua S. Reece, David G. Smith & Erling Holm (2010). "The moray eels of the Anarchias cantonensis group (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae), with description of two new species" (PDF). Copeia. 2010 (3): 421–430. doi:10.1643/CI-09-189. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2011-04-05.
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Anarchias leucurus: Brief Summary

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Anarchias leucurus is a moray eel found in the Pacific Ocean. It was first named by Snyder in 1904 as Uropterygius leucurus, and is commonly known as Snyder's moray, the fine-spotted moray or the finespot moray. It is thought to be the smallest species of moray, and may actually represent several different species or subspecies.

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