Kingdom Animalia Order Anguilliformes Genus Echidna Higher classification Echidna | Phylum Chordata Family Muraenidae Scientific name Echidna delicatula Rank Species | |
Similar Echidna, Echidna xanthospilos, Echidna rhodochilus | ||
Echidna delicatula, the mottled moray, also known as the fine-speckled moray, is a moray eel (family Muraenidae). It was described by Johann Jakob Kaup in 1856, originally under the genus Poecilophis. 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).
The mottled moray is a gonochoristic species.
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