Kingdom Animalia Class Actinopterygii Family Muraenidae | Phylum Chordata Order Anguilliformes Genus Echidna | |
The Fine-speckled moray (Echidna delicatula, also known as the Mottled 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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