Echidna unicolor

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Echidna unicolor
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Echidna
Species:
E. unicolor
Binomial name
Echidna unicolor

Echidna unicolor is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. [2] It was first named by Schultz in 1953, [2] and is commonly known as the unicolor moray or the pale moray. [3] It is usually completely tan or light brown in color, aside from a dark ring around each eye. [2]

References

  1. Smith, D.G.; Tighe, K.; McCosker, J. (2019). "Echidna unicolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T195686A2402588.
  2. 1 2 3 Echidna unicolor at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Common names for Echidna unicolor at www.fishbase.org.