The mud-dwelling moray (Diaphenchelys pelonates) is a species of eel in the family Muraenidae, and the only species in the monotypic genus Diaphenchelys.[2][3] It was described by John E. McCosker and John Ernest Randall in 2007.[4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from Indonesia, in the western Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 15 to 32 metres (49 to 105 ft), and inhabits muddy bottoms, from which its species epithet, "pelonates" (translating literally as "mud dweller", from Ancient Greek, and treated as a noun in apposition), is derived. Males can reach a maximum total length of 46.5 centimetres (18.3 in).[3]
| Mud-dwelling moray | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Muraenidae |
| Subfamily: | Muraeninae |
| Genus: | Diaphenchelys McCosker & J. E. Randall, 2007 |
| Species: | D. pelonates
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| Binomial name | |
| Diaphenchelys pelonates McCosker & J. E. Randall, 2007
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References
edit- ^ Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Diaphenchelys pelonates". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T195678A2401032. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T195678A2401032.en.
- ^ Common names of Diaphenchelys pelonates at www.fisbase.org.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Diaphenchelys pelonates". FishBase. June 2011 version.
- ^ McCosker, J.E. and Randall, J.E. 2007. A New Genus and Species of Mud-Dwelling Moray Eel (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) from Indonesia. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 58(22):469-476.
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