Echidna xanthospilos

Echidna xanthospilos
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Anguilliformes
Family:Muraenidae
Genus:Echidna
Species: E. xanthospilos
Binomial name
Echidna xanthospilos
(Bleeker, 1859)

Echidna xanthospilos is a moray eel found in the western central Pacific Ocean, around Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. It was first named by Pieter Bleeker in 1859. Its common names include yellow-spotted moray[1] and skeletor moray.[2]

References

  1. Echidna xanthospilos at www.fishbase.org.
  2. "Moray Eel - Animal Guide". Georgia Aquarium. Retrieved 24 January 2017.


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