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	<dc:identifier>FB-2609</dc:identifier>
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	<dwc:Kingdom>Animalia</dwc:Kingdom>
	<dwc:Phylum>Chordata</dwc:Phylum>
	<dwc:Class>Teleostei</dwc:Class>
	<dwc:Order>Anguilliformes</dwc:Order>
	<dwc:Family>Muraenidae</dwc:Family>
	<dwc:Genus>Echidna</dwc:Genus>
	<dwc:ScientificName>Echidna catenata (Bloch, 1795)</dwc:ScientificName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Moréia</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='cs'>Muréna řetízková</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Chain moray</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Chain Moray</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Chain moray eel</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Chained moray</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Little banded eel</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Tiger conger</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='et'>Ahel-nürisuumureen</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fi'>Ketjumureena</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fr'>Murène enchainée</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Morena</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Morena cadena</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Morena cadeneta</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Morena de cadena</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Morena jaspeada</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Culebra oromanie</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Goudgeaderde murene</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Kolebra oromani</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>鏈蛇鱔</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>链蛇鳝</commonName>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Echida catenata (Bloch, 1795)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Echidna catenata flavofasciata Poey, 1867</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Echidna flavofasciata Poey, 1867</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='misapplied name'>Echidna flavoscripta (non Jordan &amp; Davis, 1892)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Echidna fuscomaculata Poey, 1867</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Gymnothorax catenatus Bloch, 1795</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Muraena alusis Bleeker, 1856</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Muraena catenata (Bloch, 1795)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Muraena sordida Cuvier, 1816</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Muraenophis catenula Lacepède, 1803</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Poecilophis catenatus (Bloch, 1795)</synonym>
	<dcterms:created>1991-05-01</dcterms:created>
	<dcterms:modified>2004-03-30</dcterms:modified>
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	<dc:description>A benthic and solitary species (Ref. 26340) found commonly on reefs and rocky shore areas.  Feeds on small fishes and crustaceans (Ref. 5521).  At Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, off NE Brazil, forages for sally lightfoot crabs (Grapsus grapsus) on exposed reefs at ebb tide and in tide-pools mostly at daytime.  Able to withstand up to 30 minutes out of water while foraging, uses four main tactics both in and out of the water.  Searches for prey at pool rims and rock bases poking into crevices and holes, stealthily approaches previously sighted prey, chases prey and ambushes prey from under rocks and crevices.  Hunting success varies with employed tactic, but overall success is about 50%.  May move up to 6 meters in about 1 hour while foraging on the exposed reef.  Its crab hunting is mostly visually guided and a fish darting nearby a stealthily foraging moray may cause it to miss the strike; the missed crab may be chased up to 5 m on the reef.  Able to strike with its body partly or entirely out of the water, usually strikes from a distance of 5 to10 centimeters.  Small crabs are swallowed whole, whereas larger ones are torn apart by a combination of tugging, rotating, knotting, and thrashing movements.  Handling time is related to prey size, the largest crabs (carapace width 2.3-3.2 times larger than moray’s head width) broken up and swallowed within 90 to 240 seconds.  Attracted to plastic or rubber decoys dragged on a nylon string nearby, striking at these (Ref. 50922).</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=7251&amp;speccode=2609'>Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray 1986 A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<dc:description>With short blunt snout, yellow chain-like markings, teeth bluntly pointed or molar-like especially on roof of mouth (Ref. 26938).</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=26938&amp;speccode=2609'>Smith, C.L. 1997 National Audubon Society field guide to tropical marine fishes of the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, the Bahamas, and Bermuda. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York. 720 p. (Ref. 26938)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<dc:description>Western Atlantic:  Bermuda, Florida (USA), and the Bahamas to the Antilles (Ref. 26340) and Brazil.  Eastern Atlantic:  Cape Verde (Ref. 34514) and Ascension Island (Ref. 4450).  The only record from West Africa is probably erroneous (Ref. 4450).  Also southern Atlantic islands (Ref. 26938).</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=7251&amp;speccode=2609'>Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray 1986 A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<dc:description>fisheries: minor commercial; aquarium: commercial; price category: medium; price reliability: very questionable: based on ex-vessel price for species in this family</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=6077&amp;speccode=2609'>Cervigón, F. and W. Fischer 1979 INFOPESCA. Catálogo de especies marinas de interes economico actual o potencial para América Latina. Parte 1. Atlántico centro y suroccidental. FAO/UNDP, SIC/79/1. 372 p. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 6077)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=12090&amp;speccode=2609'>Sadovy, Y. 1992 A preliminary assessment of the marine aquarium export trade in Puerto Rico. Proceedings of the Seventh International Coral Reef Symposium, Guam, Vol. 2, p. 1014-1021. (Ref. 12090)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=35581&amp;speccode=2609'>Charter, S.R. and H.G. Moser 1996 Muraenidae: morays. p. 88-91. In H.G. Moser (ed.) The early stages of fishes in the California Current region. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) Atlas No. 33. 1505 p. (Ref. 35581)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<dc:description>A benthic species (Ref. 26340) found commonly on reefs and rocky shore areas .  Feeds on small fishes and crustaceans (Ref. 5521).  Carnivore (Ref. 57616).  At Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, off NE Brazil, forages for sally lightfoot crabs (Grapsus grapsus) on exposed reefs at ebb tide and in tide-pools mostly at daytime.  Able to withstand up to 30 minutes out of water while foraging, uses four main tactics both in and out of the water.  Searches for prey at pool rims and rock bases poking into crevices and holes, stealthily approaches previously sighted prey, chases prey and ambushes prey from under rocks and crevices.  Hunting success varies with employed tactic, but overall success is about 50%.  May move up to 6 meters in about 1 hour while foraging on the exposed reef.  Its crab hunting is mostly visually guided and a fish darting nearby a stealthily foraging moray may cause it to miss the strike; the missed crab may be chased up to 5 m on the reef.  Able to strike with its body partly or entirely out ofthe water, usually strikes from a distance of 5 to10 centimeters.  Small crabs are swallowed whole, whereas larger ones are torn apart by a combination of tugging, rotating, knotting, and thrashing movements.  Handling time is related to prey size, the largest crabs (carapace width 2.3-3.2 times larger than moray’s head width) broken up and swallowed within 90 to 240 seconds.  Attracted to plastic or rubber decoys dragged on a nylon string nearby, striking at these (Ref. 50922).</dc:description>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=33&amp;speccode=2609'>Randall, J.E. 1967 Food habits of reef fishes of the West Indies. Stud. Trop. Oceanogr. Miami 5:665-847. (Ref. 33)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=26340&amp;speccode=2609'>Claro, R. 1994 Características generales de la ictiofauna. p. 55-70. In R. Claro (ed.) Ecología de los peces marinos de Cuba. Instituto de Oceanología Academia de Ciencias de Cuba and Centro de Investigaciones de Quintana Roo. (Ref. 26340)</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=57073'>IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.</reference></dataObject><dataObject>
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	<reference isbn='0-00-219974-2 (pbk.).' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=9710&amp;speccode=2609'>Lieske, E. and R. Myers 1994 Collins Pocket Guide. Coral reef fishes. Indo-Pacific &amp; Caribbean including the Red Sea. Haper Collins Publishers, 400 p. (Ref. 9710)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=40849&amp;speccode=2609'>Gasparini, J.L. and S.R. Floeter 2001 The shore fishes of Trindade Island, western South Atlantic. J. Nat. Hist. 35:1639-1656. (Ref. 40849)</reference></dataObject>
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