Barred moray
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The barred moray (Echidna polyzona), also known as the banded moray, the dark-banded eel, the girdled moray, the girdled reef eel, the many banded moray eel, the ringed moray, the ringed reef moray, the striped moray and the zebra eel,[1]) is a moray eel of the family Muraenidae.[2] It was described by John Richardson in 1845, originally under the genus Muraena. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific, including the Red Sea, East Africa, the Hawaiian Islands, the Marquesan Islands, the Tuamotus Islands, the Ryukyu Islands, and the Great Barrier Reef. It dwells at a depth range of Script error: No such module "convert"., and leads a benthic lifestyle in reefs and shallow lagoons. Males can reach a maximum total length of Script error: No such module "convert"..[2] It is sometimes confused with the Zebra moray (Gymnomuraena).
The barred moray's diet consists of shrimp such as Saron marmoratus, crabs, isopods, and polychaetes,[3][4] which it feeds on during both day and night. It is of commercial interest to both subsistence fisheries and the aquarium trade.[2]
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- ↑ Common names of Echidna polyzona at www.fishbase.org.
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- ↑ Food items reported for Echidna polyzona at www.fishbase.org.
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