Caribbean chestnut moray

Caribbean chestnut moray
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, 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 of between 1 and 20 m. Their length is up to 34 cm, or just over one foot, making them the smallest member of their genus and among the smaller morays.

The Caribbean chestnut moray inhabits coral and rocky reefs.

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