Species: Echidna nebulosa, Snowflake moray, Starry moray


Echidna nebulosa (Ahl, 1789)
Starry moray, Snowflake moray
Snout short and jaws short, broad; front nostril tubular, rear one a small hole above front of eye; no canine teeth; molar-like teeth on roof of mouth, short stout conical teeth at front of jaws; side of jaws with 1-2 rows of small close-set compressed nodular teeth; length of tail very slightly greater than ½ TL; gill opening a small slit at mid-flank; dorsal and anal fins skin covered, but evident; dorsal origin before gill opening, anal origin immediately after anus; tip of tail blunt, with a skin-covered fin; lateral line pores absent except for 2 pores above and before gill opening.
White, with two rows of dendritic black blotches containing small yellow spots, these blotches sometimes forming more or less complete bars on head region; numerous small black spots between large blotches; front nostrils yellow.
Size: to 80 cm.
Habitat: rocky and rubble bottoms.
Depth: 1-30 m.
Widespread in the tropical Indo-Pacific from East Africa to the Americas; the Gulf of California to the Galapagos.

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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Brackish
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom only
- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Reef and soft bottom
- Estuary
- Rocks
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Mud
- Sand & gravel
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Corals
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Mangrove
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Data
- Egg Type
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- No data
- Pelagic larva
- Pelagic
- Global Endemism
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- All Pacific (West + Central + East)
- TEP non-endemic
- "Transpacific" (East + Central &/or West Pacific)
- All species
- Indo-Pacific only (Indian + Pacific Oceans)
- Regional Endemism
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- All species
- Eastern Pacific non-endemic
- Continent
- Island (s)
- Continent + Island (s)
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- IUCN Red List
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- Not evaluated / Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 80
- Depth Range Min
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- 1
- Depth Range Max
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- 30