Caribbean chestnut moray
(Redirected from Enchelycore carychroa)
| Caribbean chestnut moray | |
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| File:Enchelycore carychroa, Head (Caribbean Chestnut Moray).jpg | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Muraenidae |
| Genus: | Enchelycore |
| Species: | E. carychroa
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| Binomial name | |
| Enchelycore carychroa J. E. Böhlke & E. B. Böhlke, 1976
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The Caribbean chestnut moray, Enchelycore carychroa, is a moray eel of the family Muraenidae.
It is 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.[2]
The Caribbean chestnut moray inhabits coral and rocky reefs.
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