Pebbletooth Moray
Echidna peli
- Group: Eel
- Max size: 1 m
- For divers: safe
- IUCN status: LC
A heavy bodied moray of rocky shallow water habitats that can reach about a metre long. Rather than the fanglike teeth of fish eating morays, it has blunt pebbly teeth suited to crushing crustaceans, small shrimps and young crabs.
Taxonomy: Animalia › Chordata › Teleostei › Anguilliformes › Muraenidae › Echidna
Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 278679.
FAQ
- Is the Pebbletooth Moray dangerous to divers?
- The Pebbletooth Moray is harmless to divers.
- How big does the Pebbletooth Moray get?
- The Pebbletooth Moray grows to about 1 m.