Yellow-spotted moray

Echidna xanthospilos

Ray beneath Central Pacific

Yellow
Tropical
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
East Asia
Oceania
South Asia
Southeast Asia
Anguilliform
Large
Tropical fish

Echidna xanthospilos is a moray eel found in the western central Pacific Ocean, around Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. It was first named by Pieter Bleeker in 1859. Its common names include yellow-spotted moray and skeletor moray.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Echidna
Maximum length: 75 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: Taiwan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Samoa.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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