Muraena melanotis (Kaup, 1859) is a animal in the Muraenidae family, order Anguilliformes, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Muraena melanotis (Kaup, 1859)
Muraena melanotis, the honeycomb moray, is a moray eel species found in the Atlantic Ocean that grows up to 1 metre long.
Muraena melanotis (Kaup, 1859), commonly called the honeycomb moray, is a species of moray eel. It reaches a maximum total length of around 1 metre. This eel is found in both the eastern and western Atlantic Ocean. In the eastern Atlantic, it lives along the African coast from Mauritania to Namibia; its range here also includes Cape Verde and the islands of the Gulf of Guinea. In the western Atlantic, it occurs in the Caribbean.
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Gymnothorax zonipectis Seale, 1906
Gymnothorax javanicus (Bleeker, 1859)
Muraena helena Linnaeus, 1758
Rhinomuraena quaesita Garman, 1888
Enchelycore pardalis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
Echidna nebulosa (Ahl, 1789)
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