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The snowflake moray (Echidna nebulosa), also known as the clouded moray among many vernacular names, is a species of marine eel of the family Muraenidae. [3] It has blunt teeth ideal for its diet of crustaceans, a trait it shares with the zebra moray ( Gymnomuraena zebra ).
The Indian mud moray eel, (Gymnothorax tile) is a moray eel found in the western Pacific and Indian Oceans. [2] It was first named by Hamilton in 1822, [ 2 ] and is also commonly known as the freshwater moray or freshwater snowflake eel .
Moray eel. Moray eels, or Muraenidae (/ ˈ m ɒr eɪ, m ə ˈ r eɪ /), are a family of eels whose members are found worldwide. There are approximately 200 species in 15 genera which are almost exclusively marine, but several species are regularly seen in brackish water, and a few are found in fresh water.
Original - The snowflake moray, Echidna nebulosa, is a moray eel. It is found at depths of between 2 and 30 m. Its length is up to one m. Alternative 1 Reason EV, high resolution Articles this image appears in Snowflake moray Creator Mbz1. Comment The images were taken underwater and in the wild.--Mbz1 02:15, 10 February 2009 (UTC) That's great.
Echidna nebulosa (J. N. Ahl, 1789) (snowflake moray) Echidna nocturna (Cope, 1872) (freckled moray) Echidna peli (Kaup, 1856) (pebbletooth moray) Echidna polyzona (J. Richardson, 1845) (barred moray) Echidna rhodochilus Bleeker, 1863 (pink-lipped moray eel) Echidna unicolor L. P. Schultz, 1953 (unicolor moray) Echidna xanthospilos (Bleeker ...
Most fish species with pharyngeal teeth do not have extendable pharyngeal jaws. A particularly notable exception is the highly mobile pharyngeal jaw of the moray eels.These are possibly a response to their inability to swallow as other fishes do by creating a negative pressure in the mouth, perhaps induced by their restricted environmental niche (burrows) or in the air in the intertidal zone. [10]
Uropterygius macrocephalus is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. [2] It is commonly known as the needle-tooth moray, large-headed snake moray, largehead snake moray, largehead moray, longhead moray, or the snowflake eel. [3] It is used sometimes in aquariums. [2]
Gymnothorax niphostigmus, the snowflake-patched moray, [2] is a moray eel found in the northwest Pacific Ocean around Taiwan. [3] It was first named by Chen, Shao, and Chen in 1996. [ 3 ]