Enchelycore octaviana

Slenderjaw Moray
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Enchelycore
Species: E. octaviana
Binomial name
Enchelycore octaviana
(G. S. Myers & Wade, 1941)

Enchelycore octaviana is a moray eel found in coral reefs from the Gulf of California to Peru.[1] It was first named by Myers and Wade in 1941,[1] and is commonly known as the Slenderjaw moray.[2]

Its habitat is at depths of 3-36 meters. They reach a length of 91 cm and are carnivorous.

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