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Echidna leucotaenia

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Echidna leucotaenia, the whiteface moray, also known as the white-banded moray eel,[2] is a moray eel (family Muraenidae).[3] It was described by Schultz in 1943.[4] It is a tropical, marine and freshwater eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific, including East Africa, the Line Islands, the Tuamotu Islands, and Johnston Island. It dwells at a depth range of 0 to 24 metres (0 to 79 ft), and leads a benthic lifestyle in reefs. Males can reach a maximum total length of 75 centimetres (30 in).[3]

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Echidna leucotaenia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Echidna
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E. leucotaenia
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Echidna leucotaenia
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The whiteface moray's diet consists primarily of crabs.[5]

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