Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 0; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 0; Vertebrae: 121 - 132. Presence of a row of irregular or stellate pale spots which tend to be larger than those of A. cantonensis.

Common Names

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Marmer-rifpaling , Afrikaans , South Africa

Muréna seychellská , Czech , Czechia

Marbled reef-eel , English , South Africa

Seychelles moray , English , Australia

Seychelles moray , English , Easter I.

Seychelles moray , English , Guam

Seychelles moray , English , Micronesia

Seychelles moray , English , UK

Seychelles moray , English , Hawaii

Seišelli siugmureen , Estonian , Estonia

塞舌尔高眉鳝 , Mandarin Chinese , China

塞舌爾高眉鱔 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Anguilliformes

Family: Muraenidae

Genus: Anarchias

Species: Anarchias seychellensis Smith, 1962

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Indo-Pacific: East Africa to Easter Island, north to Marcus Island, south to Lord Howe and Rapa; Mariana and Marshall islands in Micronesia.

Biology

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Common among rubble, coralline algal debris, and coral heads of shallow wave-washed reefs (Ref. 1602, 58302). Benthic (Ref. 58302, 75154). Often found in tide pools. Sluggish eel (Ref. 1623), but may bite when provoked (Ref. 2334).

Habitat

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associated