The mosaic moray (''Enchelycore ramosa'') 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 ...

of the genus ''

Enchelycore ''Enchelycore'' is a genus of moray eels in the family Muraenidae. ''Enchelycore'' species are generally small to medium-sized eels, most ranging from in length, with the largest being the Mosaic Moray (''Enchelycore ramosa, E. ramosa''), which ...

'', found in south-eastern Australia and around the offshore islands off Northland on the

North Island The North Island ( , 'the fish of Māui', historically New Ulster) is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, islands of New Zealand, separated from the larger but less populous South Island by Cook Strait. With an area of , it is the List ...

of New Zealand at depths down to 100 metres, in

reef A reef is a ridge or shoal of rock, coral, or similar relatively stable material lying beneath the surface of a natural body of water. Many reefs result from natural, abiotic component, abiotic (non-living) processes such as deposition (geol ...

areas of broken rock. Their length is between 40 and 180 centimetres (up to 6 feet), making them the largest known member of their genus.

References

* * * Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, ''Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand'', (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ramosa Fish described in 1926 {{muraenidae-stub