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Starry moray

Echidna nebulosa

Photo by PieterHartog
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Field Notes

Description:

Body white to yellowish background, with black and yellow spots. Yellow eyes. Max. length 0,70 metres.

Habitat:

On rocky reef or in sand near reefs, from 18 to 36 metres. Lives by day in holes, normally feeds at night on crabs. Very shy.
In Eastern Pacific found from Baja California to Colombia

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PublishedJanuary 14, 2012

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