Mottled Moray
Echidna delicatula
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Fish
Echidna delicatula, the mottled moray, also known as the fine-speckled moray, is a moray eel. It was described by Johann Jakob Kaup in 1856, originally under the genus Poecilophis. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific, including Sri Lanka, Samoa, and Japan. It inhabits coral reefs. It can reach a maximum total length of 65 centimetres (26 in).
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Anguilliformes
- Family
- Muraenidae
- Genus
- Echidna