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viper moray (Enchelycore nigricans)
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Muraenidae

viper moray

Enchelycore nigricans

Ray beneath the Caribbean Sea

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

viper moray is a marine fish of Western Atlantic. The species occupies marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 100 cm.

Maximum length
100 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
anguilliform
Distribution
Western Atlantic: Bermuda, southern Florida (USA) and the Bahamas to northern South America, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean (Ref. 3255 ). Eastern Atlantic: Cape Verde and from Senegal to Gabon; including St. Paul's Rocks (Ref. 13121 ) and the islands of Bay of Biafra (Ref. 4450 ). Also southern Atlantic islands (Ref. 26938 ).
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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