Fangtooth moray

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Fangtooth Moray, Tiger Moray
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Enchelycore
Species: E. anatina
Binomial name
Enchelycore anatina
Böhlke & Böhlke, 1976

The Fangtooth Moray (sometimes Tiger Moray[1]), is a moray eel of the family Muraenidae found throughout the eastern Atlantic Ocean, including the Canary Islands and Madeira.

The Fangtooth Moray is distinctive due to its bright yellow colouring and elongated jaw, which is filled with a large number of long "glasslike" teeth. It can reach up to 120cm in length[2].

[edit] References

  1. ^ Sergio Hanquet, Diving in Canaries, Litografía A. ROMERO, 2001. ISBN 84-932195-0-9
  2. ^ "Enchelycore anatina". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2008 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2008.