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'''''Echidna unicolor''''' is a [[moray eel]] found in [[coral reefs]] in the [[Pacific]] and [[Indian ocean]]s.<ref name="Fishbase">[http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=6487 ''Echidna unicolor''] at www.fishbase.org.</ref> It was first named by Schultz in 1953,<ref name="Fishbase"/> and is commonly known as the '''Unicolor moray''' or the '''Pale moray'''.<ref>[http://www.fishbase.org/comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=6487&GenusName=Echidna&SpeciesName=unicolor&StockCode=6809 Common names for ''Echidna unicolor''] at www.fishbase.org.</ref> It is usually completely tan or light brown in color, aside from a dark ring around each eye.<ref name="Fishbase"/>
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| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref>{{cite iucn |author=Smith, D.G. |author2=Tighe, K. |author3=McCosker, J. |date=2019 |title=''Echidna unicolor'' |volume=2019 |page=e.T195686A2402588 }}</ref>
| taxon = Echidna unicolor
| authority = [[Leonard Peter Schultz|L. P. Schultz]], 1953
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'''''Echidna unicolor''''' is a [[moray eel]] found in [[coral reefs]] in the [[Pacific]] and [[Indian Ocean]]s.<ref name="Fishbase">[http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=6487 ''Echidna unicolor''] at www.fishbase.org.</ref> It was first named by Schultz in 1953,<ref name="Fishbase"/> and is commonly known as the '''unicolor moray''' or the '''pale moray'''.<ref>[http://www.fishbase.org/comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=6487&GenusName=Echidna&SpeciesName=unicolor&StockCode=6809 Common names for ''Echidna unicolor''] at www.fishbase.org.</ref> It is usually completely tan or light brown in color, aside from a dark ring around each eye.<ref name="Fishbase"/>


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Latest revision as of 14:44, 14 January 2023

Echidna unicolor
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Echidna
Species:
E. unicolor
Binomial name
Echidna unicolor

Echidna unicolor is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.[2] It was first named by Schultz in 1953,[2] and is commonly known as the unicolor moray or the pale moray.[3] It is usually completely tan or light brown in color, aside from a dark ring around each eye.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Smith, D.G.; Tighe, K.; McCosker, J. (2019). "Echidna unicolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T195686A2402588.
  2. ^ a b c Echidna unicolor at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ Common names for Echidna unicolor at www.fishbase.org.