White-margined moray

Enchelycore schismatorhynchus

Ray of Indo Pacific

White
Tropical
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Africa
Oceania
Anguilliform
Large
Tropical fish

Enchelycore schismatorhynchus is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It was first named by Bleeker in 1853, and is commonly known as the white-margined moray, brown moray eel, or the funnel-nostril moray.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Enchelycore
Maximum length: 120 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: from the Red Sea, Mauritius, and Chagos Archipelago, to French Polynesia; absent from Hawaiian Islands.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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