Species: Enchelynassa canina, Longfang moray, Viper moray
large canines
Enchelynassa canina (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Longfang moray, Viper moray
Front nostril a short tube with a long 2-lobed flap at rear end; rear nostril above front of eye, large, oval and cup-like, with a raised rim; jaws long, arched so do not shut completely; extremely long canine teeth at front of jaws, and inner row on side of upper jaw; dorsal and anal fins developed as skin-covered ridges, but clearly evident; dorsal origin before gill opening; skin with narrow irregular ridges.
Dark brownish grey with vertical thin blackish lines in grooves on skin; each pore along side of jaws in a small pale to whitish spot.
Size: reported to 250 cm.
Habitat: rocky bottoms.
Depth: 2-20 m.
Widespread in the tropical Indo-Pacific; in the eastern Pacific it is known from Clipperton Island and the Gulf of Chiriqui, Panama.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- 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 associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef only
- Corals
- Rocks
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Octopus/squid/cuttlefish
- Bony fishes
- Data
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- No data
- Global Endemism
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- "Transpacific" (East + Central &/or West Pacific)
- All species
- Indo-Pacific only (Indian + Pacific Oceans)
- TEP non-endemic
- All Pacific (West + Central + East)
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent + Island (s)
- Eastern Pacific non-endemic
- All species
- Island (s)
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic
- Continent
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- IUCN Red List
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- Not evaluated / Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 250
- Depth Range Min
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- 2
- Depth Range Max
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- 20
