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Muraenidae
pygmy moray
Anarchias similis
From shallow coral cracks to two hundred meter slopes
- Tropical
- Offshore
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- North America
- South America
- Anguilliform
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Anguilliform
Mediumpygmy moray is a marine fish from Western Atlantic. It inhabits marine waters. The largest recorded length is 20 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- True Eels
- Family
- Muraenidae
- Genus
- Anarchias
- Maximum length
- 20 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- anguilliform
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: Bermuda and southern Florida, USA (Ref. 7251 ) to southern Brazil (Ref. 26938 ). Eastern Atlantic: known only from Annobon Island, but likely to be present on other offshore islands in the Bay of Biafra (Ref. 4450 ). Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
