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chestnut moray (Enchelycore carychroa)
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chestnut moray (Enchelycore carychroa) specimen
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Muraenidae

chestnut moray

Enchelycore carychroa

Ray of the Brazilian Coast

  • Tropical
  • Near the Equator
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Central America and the Caribbean
  • North America
  • South America
  • Anguilliform
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

chestnut moray is a marine fish from Western Atlantic. It inhabits reef habitat. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 34 cm.

Maximum length
34 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
anguilliform
Distribution
Western Atlantic: Bermuda, southern Florida (USA), Bahamas, and western Gulf of Mexico to Brazil. Eastern Atlantic: a single uncertain record from Fernando Poo in Equatorial Guinea (Ref. 4450 ).
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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