Echidna leucotaenia

Echidna leucotaenia
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Muraenidae
Genus:	Echidna
Species:	E. leucotaenia
Binomial name
Echidna leucotaenia L. P. Schultz, 1943

Echidna leucotaenia, the whiteface moray, also known as the white-banded moray eel, ^[2] is a moray eel (family Muraenidae). ^[3] It was described by Schultz in 1943. ^[4] It is a tropical, marine and freshwater eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific, including East Africa, the Line Islands, the Tuamotu Islands, and Johnston Island. It dwells at a depth range of 0 to 24 metres (0 to 79 ft), and leads a benthic lifestyle in reefs. Males can reach a maximum total length of 75 centimetres (30 in). ^[3]

The whiteface moray's diet consists primarily of crabs. ^[5]

References

1. Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Echidna leucotaeni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T195682A2401716.
2. Common names for Echidna leucotaenia Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine at www.fishbase.org.
3. Echidna leucotaenia Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine at www.fishbase.org.
4. Schultz, L. P., 1943 (20 Jan.) [ref. 3957] Fishes of the Phoenix and Samoan Islands collected in 1939 during the expedition of the U. S. S. "Bushnell.". Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 180: i-x + 1-316, Pls. 1-9.
5. Food items reported for Echidna leucotaenia Archived 2014-09-03 at the Wayback Machine at www.fishbase.org.