Chain moray

Chain moray
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Echidna
Species:
E. catenata
Binomial name
Echidna catenata
(Bloch, 1795)[2]
Synonyms[2]
  • Echida catenata (Bloch, 1795)
  • Echidna catenata flavofasciata Poey, 1867
  • Echidna flavofasciata Poey, 1867
  • Echidna fuscomaculata Poey, 1867
  • Gymnothorax catenatus Bloch, 1795
  • Muraena alusis Bleeker, 1856
  • Muraena catenata (Bloch, 1795)
  • Muraena sordida Cuvier, 1816
  • Muraenophis catenula Lacepède, 1803
  • Poecilophis catenatus (Bloch, 1795)

Echidna catenata, commonly known as the chain moray, is a moray eel found in shallow parts of the western Atlantic Ocean and from islands elsewhere in the Atlantic. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a maximum length of 165 cm (65 in) but a more common length is about 40 cm (16 in).[3]

  1. ^ Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J.; Tighe, K. (2015). "Echidna catenata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T195680A2401242. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T195680A2401242.en.
  2. ^ a b Bailly, Nicolas (2013). "Echidna catenata (Bloch, 1795)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer. "Echidna catenata (Bloch, 1795)". FishBase. Archived from the original on 2021-09-25. Retrieved 2014-05-10.