Kingdom Animalia Class Actinopterygii Family Muraenidae Scientific name Echidna nocturna | Phylum Chordata Order Anguilliformes Genus Echidna Rank Species | |
Similar Echidna xanthospilos, Echidna catenata, Gymnomuraena, Echidna rhodochilus, Barred moray | ||
Echidna nocturna is a moray eel found in the eastern Pacific ocean, in the Gulf of California and around Peru and the Galapagos Islands. It was first named by Cope in 1872, and is commonly known as the Freckled moray or the Palenose moray.
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