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viper moray (Enchelynassa canina)
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Muraenidae

viper moray

Enchelynassa canina

Ray from Japanese Waters

  • Tropical
  • Transcontinental
  • Marine fish
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Central America and the Caribbean
  • East Asia
  • Oceania
  • Anguilliform
  • Large
  • Tropical fish

viper moray is known around Indo-Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in reef habitat, and records give a maximum length of 250 cm.

Maximum length
250 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
anguilliform
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: Chagos Islands and Reunion (Ref. 53568 ), to Panama, north to Japan and the Hawaiian Islands, south to Tonga and Mangaréva.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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