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Caribbean chestnut moray

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The Caribbean chestnut moray, Enchelycore carychroa, is a moray eel of the family Muraenidae.

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Caribbean chestnut moray
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Enchelycore
Species:
E. carychroa
Binomial name
Enchelycore carychroa
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It is found in the western Atlantic from Bermuda, southern Florida, the Bahamas, and the western Gulf of Mexico to Brazil at depths between 1 and 20 m.

Their length is up to 34 cm, or just over 1 ft, making them the smallest members of their genus and among the smaller morays.[2]

The Caribbean chestnut moray inhabits coral and rocky reefs.

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