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Genus Echidna Forster 
Echidna FORSTER. Icon. Ined. Bibl. Banks, 1777, p. 
181. Type Echldan variegata FORSTER; Enchiridion, 
Feb. 15, 1778, p, 81. Type Muraena echidn a GMELIN, 
tautotypic. 
Gymnothorax BLOCH, Naturg. Ausland, Fische, vol. 9, 
pt. 12, 1795, p. 83. Type Gymnoth orax catenata 
BLOCH, designated by BLEEKER, Naturk. Verh. Holland 
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Maatsch., Harlem, vol. 18, No. 2, 1863, p. 130, 
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Gymnomuraena LACEPEDE, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 5, 1803 
p. 648. Type Gymnomuraen a dollata LACEPEDE, desig¬ 
nated by BLEEKER, Nederland. Tijds. Dlerk., vol. 2, 
1865, p. 122. 
