Echidna delicatula

Echidna delicatula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Echidna
Species: E. delicatula
Binomial name
Echidna delicatula
(Kaup, 1856)
Synonyms[1]
  • Poecilophis delicatulus Kaup, 1856
  • Siderea delicatula (Kaup, 1856)

Echidna delicatula, the mottled moray, also known as the fine-speckled 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

  1. Echidna delicatula at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names for Echidna delicatula at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 3 Echidna delicatula at www.fishbase.org.
  4. Kaup, J. J., 1856 [ref. 2572] Uebersicht der Aale. Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 22 (no. 1): 41-77.


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