Barred moray
| Barred moray | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Muraenidae |
| Genus: | Echidna |
| Species: | E. polyzona |
| Binomial name | |
| Echidna polyzona (J. Richardson, 1845) | |
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The Barred moray (Echidna polyzona, also known as 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]
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- ↑ Synonyms of Echidna polyzona st www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Common names of Echidna polyzona at www.fishbase.org.
- 1 2 3 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Echidna polyzona" in FishBase. June 2006 version.
- ↑ Food items reported for Echidna polyzona at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ 5389 Food and Feeding Habits Summary Echidna polyzona at www.fishbase.org.