Muraenidae

Wirtz, Peter, Fricke, Ronald & Biscoito, Manuel José, 2008, The coastal fishes of Madeira Island — new records and an annotated check-list, Zootaxa 1715, pp. 1-26 : 5-6

Muraenidae

* Anarchias longicaudis (Peter, 1877) —Bluntnose moray

Recorded from Madeira as Anarchias euryurus (Lea, 1913) . Taxonomic decision of Böhlke et al. (1989: 117, 120).

* Enchelycore anatina ( Lowe, 1838) —Fangtooth moray

* Gymnothorax bacalladoi Böhlke & Brito, 1987—Bacallado's moray

Recorded from Madeira by Brito et al. (2002: 97).

* Gymnothorax maderensis (Johnson, 1862) —Sharktooth moray

* Gymnothorax polygonius Poey, 1875 —Polygon moray

* Gymnothorax unicolor (Delaroche, 1809) —Brown moray

The specimen USNM 94531 (1, Madeira), originally identified as Gymnothorax afer Bloch, 1795 was re-identified as G. unicolor by D. Smith (pers. comm. 22 Sept. 2006); thus there is no record of G. a f e r for Madeira.

* Gymnothorax vicinus (Castlenau, 1855) —Purplemouth moray

Recorded by Smith & Böhlke in Quéro et al. (1990: 143-144). The only specimen in the MMF (MMF 36398) was caught in 150 m depth. We do not consider this as a coastal species at Madeira.

* Muraena augusti (Kaup, 1856)

Several authors like Nunes (1974: 157), Wirtz (1994: 30) and Brito et al. (2002: 98) list Muraena augusti from Madeira. Eschmeyer (2004) finds the latest taxonomic decision in a revision by Smith & Böhlke (1990: 145) who conclude it is a synonym of M. helena . However, Jiménez et al (2007) have confirmed the specific identity of M. augusti using morphological and genetic methods.

* Muraena helena Linnaeus, 1758 —Mediterranean moray