Echidna delicatula explained

Echidna delicatula, the mottled moray, also known as the fine-speckled moray,[1] is a moray eel (family Muraenidae).[2] It was described by Johann Jakob Kaup in 1856, originally under the genus Poecilophis.[3] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific, including Sri Lanka, Samoa, and Japan. It inhabits coral reefs. It can reach a maximum total length of 65cm (26inches).[2]

The mottled moray is a gonochoristic species.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.fishbase.org/comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=23273&GenusName=Echidna&SpeciesName=delicatula&StockCode=18491 Common names for Echidna delicatula
  2. http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=23273 Echidna delicatula
  3. Kaup, J. J., 1856 [ref. 2572] Uebersicht der Aale. Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 22 (no. 1): 41-77.