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Echidna xanthospilos

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Echidna xanthospilos
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Echidna
Species:
E. xanthospilos
Binomial name
Echidna xanthospilos
(Bleeker, 1859)

Echidna xanthospilos is a moray eel found in the western central Pacific Ocean, around Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. It was first named by Pieter Bleeker in 1859. Its common names include yellow-spotted moray[1] and skeletor moray.[2]

References

  1. ^ Echidna xanthospilos at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ "Moray Eel - Animal Guide". Georgia Aquarium. Retrieved 24 January 2017.