Biology:Fine-speckled moray
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| Echidna delicatula | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Muraenidae |
| Genus: | Echidna |
| Species: | E. delicatula
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| Binomial name | |
| Echidna delicatula (Kaup, 1856)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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The fine-speckled moray (Echidna delicatula, also known as the mottled moray[2]) is a moray eel (family Muraenidae).[3] It was described by Johann Jakob Kaup in 1856, originally under the genus Poecilophis.[4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific, including Sri Lanka, Samoa, and Japan . It inhabits coral reefs. It can reach a maximum total length of 65 centimetres (26 in).[3]
The mottled moray is a gonochoristic species.[3]
References
- ↑ Echidna delicatula at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Common names for Echidna delicatula at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Echidna delicatula at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Kaup, J. J., 1856 [ref. 2572] Uebersicht der Aale. Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 22 (no. 1): 41-77.
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