Anarchias leucurus

Anarchias leucurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Muraenidae
Genus:	Anarchias
Species:	A. leucurus
Binomial name
	Anarchias leucurus; (Snyder, 1904)
Synonyms
	Uropterygius leucurus Snyder, 1904

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 the Snyder's moray, 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

Anarchia leucurus Archived 2011-10-07 at the Wayback Machine at www.fishbase.org.
Common names for Anarchias leucurus Archived 2011-10-07 at the Wayback Machine at www.fishbase.org.
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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[Fishbase-1] 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.