Fangtooth moray

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

References

  1. ^ Sergio Hanquet, Diving in Canaries, Litografía A. ROMERO, 2001. ISBN 84-932195-0-9
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2008). "Enchelycore anatina" in FishBase. January 2008 version.