chain moray

Echidna catenata

Chain patterns cover body

Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Africa
Central America and the Caribbean
North America
South America
Anguilliform
Large
Tropical fish

Echidna catenata, commonly known as the chain moray, is a moray eel found in shallow parts of the western Atlantic Ocean and from islands elsewhere in the Atlantic. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a maximum length of 165 cm (65 in) but a more common length is about 40 cm (16 in).

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Echidna
Maximum length: 165 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bermuda, Florida (USA), and the Bahamas to the Antilles (Ref. 26340 ) and Brazil. Eastern Atlantic: Cape Verde (Ref. 34514 ) and Ascension Island (Ref. 4450 ). The only record from West Africa is probably erroneous (Ref. 4450 ). Also southern Atlantic islands (Ref. 26938 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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