Chain Moray
Echidna catenata
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 664
- Most observed in
- 🇲🇽 Mexico
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
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).
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Chain moray”.