slenderjaw moray
Enchelycore octaviana (Myers & Wade, 1941)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Enchelycore octaviana is a carnivorous moray eel found in coral reefs from the Gulf of California to Peru. It was first named by Myers and Wade in 1941, and is commonly known as the slenderjaw moray. E. octaviana inhabits salt waters at a depth varying from 3–36 meters, reaching a length of 91 centimetres.
Wikipedia contributors, Enchelycore octaviana; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T06:01:27.061659+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Enchelycore octaviana (Myers & Wade, 1941)
- Name authority
- (Myers & Wade, 1941)
- Common name
- slenderjaw moray
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Anguilliformes
- Family
- Muraenidae
- Genus
- Enchelycore
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderAnguilliformes
- familyMuraenidae Rafinesque, 1815
- subfamilyMuraeninae Rafinesque, 1815
- genusEnchelycore Kaup, 1856
- speciesEnchelycore octaviana (Myers & Wade, 1941)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Enchelycore. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| chestnut morayEnchelycore carychroa Böhlke & Böhlke, 1976 | MuraenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Enchelycore kamara Böhlke & Böhlke, 1980 | MuraenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| viper morayEnchelycore nigricans (Bonnaterre, 1788) | MuraenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Enchelycore ramosa (Griffin, 1926) | MuraenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Enchelycore schismatorhynchus (Bleeker, 1853) | MuraenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Enchelycore bayeri (Schultz, 1953) | MuraenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Enchelycore pardalis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) | MuraenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Enchelycore propinqua Mohapatra, Smith, Mohanty, Mishra & Tudu, 2017 | MuraenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| fangtooth morayEnchelycore anatina (Lowe, 1838) | MuraenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Enchelycore bikiniensis (Schultz, 1953) | MuraenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Enchelycore lichenosa (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) | MuraenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Enchelycore nycturanus Smith, 2002 | MuraenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Gymnothorax octavianus Myers & Wade, 1941 Myers & Wade, 1941 | synonym |
| Enchelycore octavianus (Myers & Wade, 1941) (Myers & Wade, 1941) | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271810 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:39NK8. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.