Echidna rhodochilus Bleeker, 1863
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
Echidna rhodochilus is a moray eel found in the Pacific and Indian oceans, around India and the Philippines. It was first named by Bleeker in 1863, and is commonly known as the pink-lipped moray eel.
Wikipedia contributors, Echidna rhodochilus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T19:34:03.550548+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Echidna rhodochilus Bleeker, 1863
- Name authority
- Bleeker, 1863
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Anguilliformes
- Family
- Muraenidae
- Genus
- Echidna
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: yes · 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
- genusEchidna Forster, 1788
- speciesEchidna rhodochilus Bleeker, 1863
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Echidna. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Echidna unicolor Schultz, 1953 | MuraenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| snowflake morayEchidna nebulosa (Ahl, 1789) | MuraenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echidna peli (Kaup, 1856) | MuraenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| palenose morayEchidna nocturna (Cope, 1872) | MuraenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| whiteface morayEchidna leucotaenia Schultz, 1943 | MuraenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echidna sagamiensis Fujita, Oomori, Senou & Wada, 2026 | MuraenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echidna xanthospilos (Bleeker, 1859) | 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 |
|---|---|
| Muraena rhodochilus (Bleeker, 1863) (Bleeker, 1863) | 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.
- Bleeker, P. (1863). Sur une nouvelle espèce d’Echidna de l’île de Rotti. Nederlandsch Tijdschrift Voor de Dierkunde, v. 1: 246–247. 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:6DW22. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.