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Echidna nebulosaEchidna 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)
Synonyms: Echidna cocosa; Echidna forsteri; Echidna variegata (heterotypic); Gymnothorax boschi; Gymnothorax boschii; Gymnothorax echidna; Lycodontis boschi; Muraena auloptera; Muraena boschii; Muraena cerinonigra; Muraena echidna; Muraena geographica; Muraena nebulosa; Muraena ophis (heterotypic); Muraena variegata; Poecilophis nebulosa
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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. |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via
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