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Anarchias similis (Lea, 1913)

Description

Small, varies from uniformly dark brown to blotched. Irregular pattern of pale marks on lower side of head and chin (Ref. 26938).

Common Names

  • Muréna podobná , Czech , Czechia
  • Pygmæmuræne , Danish , Denmark
  • Pygmy moray , English , Bahamas
  • Pygmy Moray , English , Cuba
  • Pygmy moray , English , USA
  • Kääbus-siugmureen , Estonian , Estonia
  • 似高眉鱔 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 似高眉鳝 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 短鰭高眉鱔 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 短鳍高眉鳝 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Morena enana , Spanish , Mexico
  • Morena Pigmea , Spanish , Cuba

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Anguilliformes

    Family: Muraenidae

    Genus: Anarchias

    Species: Anarchias similis (Lea, 1913)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Western Atlantic: Bermuda and southern Florida, USA (Ref. 7251) to southern Brazil (Ref. 26938). Eastern Atlantic: known only from Annobon Island, but likely to be present on other offshore islands in the Bay of Biafra (Ref. 4450). Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951).

    • Biology

    Occurs on shallow, poorly developed coral reefs to deep rocky slopes (Ref. 7251).

    Habitat

    associated