Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas and

Caribbean Reefs

Chestnut Moray Eel
Enchelycore carychroa
Chestnut Moray Eel
Category: Moray Eels
Scientific Name: Enchelycore carychroa
Size: 5 to 10 in. (12 to 25 cm)  
Depth: 4-100 ft. (1-30 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Anguilliformes (Order) Eels
     └Muraenidae (Family) Moray Eels
      └Muraeninae (Subfamily)
       └Enchelycore (Genus)
        └E. carychroa (Species)
WoRMS ID: 271805🔗
iNaturalist ID: 131393🔗

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