Animalia > Chordata > Actinopterygii > Anguilliformes > Muraenidae > Echidna > Echidna nebulosa

Echidna nebulosa (Zebra moray; White moray; Starry moray; Starry eel; Snowflake moray; Snowflake eel; Nebulous moray eel; Floral moray; Clouded reef eel; Clouded moray; Clouded eel; Bosch's reef-eel; Bosch's moray; Bosch' moray eel)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The snowflake moray (Echidna nebulosa) also known as the clouded moray among many various vernacular names, is a species of marine fish of the family Muraenidae. It is widespread throughout the Indo-Pacific area from the eastern coast of Africa throughout Micronesia including the Red Sea and Hawaii. The species is also found in the eastern Central Pacific from southern Baja California, Mexico, and from Costa Rica to northern Colombia.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Christmas Island National Park II 21698 Christmas Island, Australia
Pulu Keeling National Park II 6469 Cocos (Keeling) Islands    

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Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2019). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2020-03-21; License: CC BY 4.0