Species: Anarchias galapagensis, Hardtail moray, Minute moray

above eye: rear nostril (a hole) + a pore
D & A: low crests, at rear of tail
tail: tip hard, pointed

brown + white stars;
tail tip white
tail tip white
Anarchias galapagensis (Seale, 1940)
Hardtail moray, Minute moray
Elongate, slender, compressed; snout short, conical, broad; eye slightly before middle of jaw; jaws about equal sized; teeth conical, two rows at front of jaws, one row on sides; front nostril tubular, pointing forward; rear nostril a hole above eye, closely associated with a large pore, giving the appearance of a double nostril opening; dorsal and anal fins scarcely apparent, developed only as skin-covered ridges near tip of tail; tip of tail hard and pointed.
Brown with starshaped whitish blotches; tip of tail white.
Size: reaches about 17 cm.
Habitat: rocky areas.
Depth: 0-61 m.
Gulf of California to the Galapagos.

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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Rocks
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Corals
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef only
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- No Data
- Diet
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- No Data
- Mobile benthic worms
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- No data
- Global Endemism
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- East Pacific endemic
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- All species
- Regional Endemism
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- TEP endemic
- Island (s)
- Continent
- Continent + Island (s)
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 17
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 61