The barred moray (Echidna polyzona), also known as the banded moray, the dark-banded eel, the girdled moray, the girdled reef eel, the many banded moray eel, the ringed moray, the ringed reef moray, the striped moray and the zebra eel,[1]) is a moray eel of the family Muraenidae. It was described by John Richardson in 1845, originally under the genus Muraena. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific, including the Red Sea, East Africa, the Hawaiian Islands, the Marquesan Islands, the Tuamotus Islands, the Ryukyu Islands, and the Great Barrier Reef. It dwells at a depth range of 2mto20mm (07feetto70feetm), and leads a benthic lifestyle in reefs and shallow lagoons. Males can reach a maximum total length of 72.3cm (28.5inches).
The barred moray's diet consists of shrimp such as Saron marmoratus, crabs, isopods, and polychaetes,[2] [3] which it feeds on during both day and night. It is of commercial interest to both subsistence fisheries and the aquarium trade.