Caribbean chestnut moray
The Caribbean chestnut moray, Enchelycore carychroa, is a moray eel of the family Muraenidae, found in the western Atlantic from Bermuda, southern Florida, the Bahamas, and the western Gulf of Mexico to Brazil, at depths between 1 and 20 m. Their length is up to 34 cm, or just over 1 ft, making them the smallest members of their genus and among the smaller morays.
| Caribbean chestnut moray | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Muraenidae |
| Genus: | Enchelycore |
| Species: | E. carychroa |
| Binomial name | |
| Enchelycore carychroa J. E. Böhlke & E. B. Böhlke, 1976 | |
The Caribbean chestnut moray inhabits coral and rocky reefs.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Enchelycore carychroa" in FishBase. October 2006 version.
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