''Enchelycore bikiniensis'' is a
moray eel
Moray eels, or Muraenidae (), are a family (biology), family of eels whose members are found worldwide. There are approximately 200 species in 15 genera which are almost exclusively Marine (ocean), marine, but several species are regu ...
found in
coral reefs
A coral reef is an underwater ecosystem characterized by reef-building corals. Reefs are formed of colonies of coral polyps held together by calcium carbonate. Most coral reefs are built from stony corals, whose polyps cluster in groups.
...
in the
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five Borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean, or, depending on the definition, to Antarctica in the south, and is ...
.
[''Enchelycore bikiniensis''](_blank)
at www.fishbase.org. It was first named by Leonard Schultz in 1953,
and is commonly known as the Bikini Atoll moray or the Bikini moray.
Common names for ''Enchelycore bikiniensis''
at www.fishbase.org.
References
bikiniensis
Fish described in 1953
Taxa named by Leonard Peter Schultz
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