Barred moray

Barred moray
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Anguilliformes
Family:Muraenidae
Genus:Echidna
Species: E. polyzona
Binomial name
Echidna polyzona
Synonyms[1]
  • Muraena polyzona Richardson, 1845
  • Muraena fascigula Peters, 1855
  • Echidna fascigula (Peters, 1855)
  • Poecilophis pikei Bliss, 1883
  • Echidna leihala Jenkins, 1903

The barred moray (Echidna polygon), also known as the banded moray, the dark-banded eel, the girdled moray, the girdled reef eel, the many banded moray eel, the ringed moray, the ringed reef moray, the striped moray and the zebra eel,[2]) is a moray eel of the family Muraenidae.[3] It was described by John Richardson in 1845, originally under the genus Muraena. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific, including the Red Sea, East Africa, the Hawaiian Islands, the Marquesan Islands, the Tuamoto Islands, the Ryukyu Islands, and the Great Barrier Reef. It dwells at a depth range of 2 to 20 metres (6.6 to 65.6 ft), and leads a benthic lifestyle in reefs and shallow lagoons. Males can reach a maximum total length of 72.3 centimetres (28.5 in).[3]

The barred moray's diet consists of shrimp such as Saron marmoratus, crabs, isopods, and polychaetes,[4][5] which it feeds on during both day and night. It is of commercial interest to both subsistence fisheries and the aquarium trade.[3]

A barred moray

References

  1. ↑ Synonyms of Echidna polyzona st www.fishbase.org.
  2. ↑ Common names of Echidna polyzona at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 3 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Echidna polyzona" in FishBase. June 2006 version.
  4. ↑ Food items reported for Echidna polyzona at www.fishbase.org.
  5. ↑ "Food and Feeding Habits Summary - Echidna polyzona". FishBase.org. Retrieved 22 September 2017.


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