Caribbean chestnut moray
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The Caribbean chestnut moray, Enchelycore carychroa, is a moray eel of the family Muraenidae.
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Caribbean chestnut moray | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Muraenidae |
Genus: | Enchelycore |
Species: | E. carychroa |
Binomial name | |
Enchelycore carychroa J. E. Böhlke & E. B. Böhlke, 1976 | |
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It is found in the western Atlantic from Bermuda, southern Florida, the Bahamas, and the western Gulf of Mexico to Brazil at depths between 1 and 20 m.
Their length is up to 34 cm, or just over 1 ft, making them the smallest members of their genus and among the smaller morays.[2]
The Caribbean chestnut moray inhabits coral and rocky reefs.