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Enchelycore nigricans (Bonnaterre, 1788)

Viper moray
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Cape Verde country information

Common names: Mareão, Moreão-negro
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Also Ref. 4450, 27000.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/cv.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Wirtz, P., A. Brito, J.M. Falcón, R. Freitas, R. Fricke, V. Monteiro, F. Reiner and O. Tariche, 2013
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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: Bonnaterre.

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

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 60 m (Ref. 58047).   Subtropical

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