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Enchelycore anatina (Lowe, 1838)

Fangtooth moray
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Turkey country information

Common names: Sivridişli müren
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: abundant (always seen in some numbers) | Ref: Bilecenoğlu, M., 2010
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Found in the bays of Fethyie and Antala, Datca Peninsula and Mersin coast (Ref. 88168). Status introduced, underwater observations indicate it to be widespread and locally abundant (Ref. 94612).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/tu.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Bilecenoğlu, M., Taskavak E., S. Mater and M. Kaya, 2002
National Database: CLOMFOT

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Muraenidae (Moray eels) > Muraeninae
Etymology: Enchelycore: Greek, enchelys, = eel + Greek, kore = pupil (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Lowe.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 3 - 60 m (Ref. 58047).   Subtropical; 40°N - 17°S, 32°W - 35°E

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