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Muraena nigricans Bonnaterre, 1788
Muraena anguina Gronow, 1854
Enchelycore euryrhina Kaup, 1856
Gymnothorax nigrocastaneus Cope, 1871
Enchelycore nigrocastaneus (Cope, 1871)
Gymnothorax umbrosus Poey, 1875
Gymnothorax brunneus Nichols, 1920

Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Anguilliformes; Muraenidae.

Philippines; Taiwan; Nigeria; Cameroon; Ghana; Ivory Coast; Liberia; Senegal; Guinea; Sierra Leone; USA; Mexico; Brazil; Colombia; Venezuela; Guyana; Suriname; French Guiana; Panama; Cuba; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Costa Rica; Nicaragua; Haiti; Dominican Republic; Guatemala; Honduras; Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Aruba; Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; Bermuda; British Virgin Islands; Cayman Islands; CuraÃ§ao Island; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Martinique; Montserrat; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Trinidad and Tobago; Turks and Caicos Islands; Virgin Islands (USA); Benin; Cape Verde; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Gambia; Sao Tome and Principe; Togo

6 (02 males; 04 females)

C-banding revealed heterochromatic regions at the centromeric regions of all chromosomes, AgNORs located on the short arms of pair 11 (st).

Vasconcelos AJM, Molina WF (2009). Cytogenetical studies in five Atlantic Anguilliformes fishes. Genetics and Molecular Biology, 32(1): 83-90.

General information

Enchelycore nigricans (Bonnaterre, 1788)


Common name	Mulatto conger
Synonyms	Muraena nigricans Bonnaterre, 1788 Muraena anguina Gronow, 1854 Enchelycore euryrhina Kaup, 1856 Gymnothorax nigrocastaneus Cope, 1871 Enchelycore nigrocastaneus (Cope, 1871) Gymnothorax umbrosus Poey, 1875 Gymnothorax brunneus Nichols, 1920
IUCN Red List status (2014)	Not Reported
Habitat	Saltwater
Systematics	Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Anguilliformes; Muraenidae.
Geographical distribution	Philippines; Taiwan; Nigeria; Cameroon; Ghana; Ivory Coast; Liberia; Senegal; Guinea; Sierra Leone; USA; Mexico; Brazil; Colombia; Venezuela; Guyana; Suriname; French Guiana; Panama; Cuba; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Costa Rica; Nicaragua; Haiti; Dominican Republic; Guatemala; Honduras; Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Aruba; Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; Bermuda; British Virgin Islands; Cayman Islands; CuraÃ§ao Island; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Martinique; Montserrat; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Trinidad and Tobago; Turks and Caicos Islands; Virgin Islands (USA); Benin; Cape Verde; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Gambia; Sao Tome and Principe; Togo
Occurrence	Native: Philippines, Taiwan, Nigeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, USA, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Panama, Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, CuraÃ§ao Island, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands (USA), Benin, Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Sao Tome and Principe, Togo
Importance	Food/ornamental
Remarks	Nil
Karyological information
Geographical area of study	St Peter and St Paul Archipelago, Brazil
Source of chromosomes	Kidney
Number of specimens with sex	6 (02 males; 04 females)
Diploid chromosome number	42
Karyotype formula	6m+8sm+12st+16a
Fundamental arm number	68
Chromosome length	1.2 to 10
Sex chromosome	Not detected
Chromosome staining/banding/FISH	C-banding revealed heterochromatic regions at the centromeric regions of all chromosomes, AgNORs located on the short arms of pair 11 (st).
Reference(s)	Vasconcelos AJM, Molina WF (2009). Cytogenetical studies in five Atlantic Anguilliformes fishes. Genetics and Molecular Biology, 32(1): 83-90.