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leopard moray eel or dragon moray

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 About "leopard moray eel or dragon moray" 📍Kingdom:- Animalia 📍Phylum:- Chordata 📍Class:- Actinopterygii 📍Order:- Anguilliformes 📍Family:- Muraenidae 📍Genus:- Enchelycore 📍Species:- E. pardalis 📍Binomial name:- Enchelycore pardalis 👉The leopard moray eel or dragon moray (Enchelycore pardalis), is a species of marine fish in the family Muraenidae. 👉The leopard moray eel is widespread throughout the Indo-Pacific oceans from Réunion to the Hawaiian, Line and Society Islands, north to southern Japan, southern Korea, and south to New Caledonia. 👉It inhabits coral and rocky reefs at depth range from 8 to 60 m. 👉Its length is up to 92 cm. 👉This eel is characterized by its narrow, curved jaws, vivid red stripes on the head, and elongated tubular nostrils. 👉It is chiefly nocturnal; because of this and its preference for cryptic habitats, it is seldom seen. 👉It feeds primarily on fishes and small cephalopods. #aquarium #aquariumhobby #fishlib #fish #zoology #biology #bi...

snowflake moray

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 About "snowflake moray" 📍Kingdom:- Animalia 📍Phylum:- Chordata 📍Class:- Actinopterygii 📍Order:- Anguilliformes 📍Family:- Muraenidae 📍Genus:- Echidna 📍Species:- E. nebulosa 📍Binomial name:-  Echidna nebulosa 👉The snowflake moray (Echidna nebulosa) also known as the clouded moray among many various vernacular names, is a species of marine fish of the family Muraenidae. 👉It is widespread throughout the Indo-Pacific area from the eastern coast of Africa throughout Micronesia including the Red Sea and Hawaii. 👉 The species is also found in the eastern Central Pacific from southern Baja California, Mexico, and from Costa Rica to northern Colombia. 👉This species reaches a length of 100 centimetres (39 in) but its common size is 50 centimetres (20 in). 👉It lives at depths of between 2 and 30 metres (7 and 100 ft). 👉The snowflake moray eel is not safe to keep with shrimp, crabs or lobsters, since crustaceans are their natural diet. 👉However, they are safe to keep with ...