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| color = pink
| name = Caribbean chestnut moray
| name = Caribbean chestnut moray
| image = Enchelycore carychroa, Head (Caribbean Chestnut Moray).jpg
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| regnum = [[Animalia]]
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
| status_ref = <ref>{{cite iucn |author=Smith, D.G. |author2=McCosker, J. |date=2015 |title=''Enchelycore carychroa'' |volume=2015 |page=e.T195691A2403382 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T195691A2403382.en |access-date=31 December 2021}}</ref>
| classis = [[Actinopterygii]]
| ordo = [[Anguilliformes]]
| familia = [[Muraenidae]]
| genus = ''[[Enchelycore]]''
| species = '''''E. carychroa'''''
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| binomial = ''Enchelycore carychroa''
| taxon = Enchelycore carychroa
| binomial_authority = Böhlke & Böhlke, 1976
| authority = [[James Erwin Böhlke|J. E. Böhlke]] & [[Eugenia Brandt Böhlke|E. B. Böhlke]], 1976
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The '''Caribbean chestnut moray''', ''Enchelycore carychroa'', is a [[moray eel]] of the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Muraenidae]], found in the western [[Atlantic]] from [[Bermuda]], southern [[Florida]], the [[Bahamas]], and the western [[Gulf of Mexico]] to [[Brazil]], at depths of between 1 and 20 [[metre|m]]. Their length is up to 34 [[centimetre|cm]].
The '''Caribbean chestnut moray''', ''Enchelycore carychroa'', is a [[moray eel]] of the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Muraenidae]], found in the western [[Atlantic]] from [[Bermuda]], southern [[Florida]], the [[Bahamas]], and the western [[Gulf of Mexico]] to [[Brazil]], at depths between 1 and 20 m. Their length is up to 34&nbsp;cm, or just over 1&nbsp;ft, making them the smallest members of their genus and among the smaller morays.<ref>{{FishBase | genus = Enchelycore | species = carychroa | month = October | year = 2006}}</ref>


The Caribbean chestnut moray inhabits coral and rocky reefs.
The Caribbean chestnut moray inhabits coral and rocky reefs.


==References==
==References==
* {{FishBase species | genus = Enchelycore | species = carychroa | month = October | year = 2006}}
{{Commons category|Enchelycore carychroa}}
{{Reflist}}


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[[Category:Muraenidae]]

[[Category:Enchelycore|carychroa]]
[[Category:Fish described in 1976]]
[[Category:Taxa named by James Erwin Böhlke]]


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Revision as of 16:14, 9 December 2023

Caribbean chestnut moray
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Enchelycore
Species:
E. carychroa
Binomial name
Enchelycore carychroa

The Caribbean chestnut moray, Enchelycore carychroa, is a moray eel of the family Muraenidae, found in the western Atlantic from Bermuda, southern Florida, the Bahamas, and the western Gulf of Mexico to Brazil, at depths between 1 and 20 m. Their length is up to 34 cm, or just over 1 ft, making them the smallest members of their genus and among the smaller morays.[2]

The Caribbean chestnut moray inhabits coral and rocky reefs.

References

  1. ^ Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J. (2015). "Enchelycore carychroa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T195691A2403382. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T195691A2403382.en. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Enchelycore carychroa" in FishBase. October 2006 version.