Chain moray

Chain moray
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Muraenidae
Genus:	Echidna
Species:	E. catenata
Binomial name
	Echidna catenata; (Bloch, 1795)
Synonyms
	Echida catenata (Bloch, 1795); Echidna catenata flavofasciata Poey, 1867; Echidna flavofasciata Poey, 1867; Echidna fuscomaculata Poey, 1867; Gymnothorax catenatus Bloch, 1795; Muraena alusis Bleeker, 1856; Muraena catenata (Bloch, 1795); Muraena sordida Cuvier, 1816; Muraenophis catenula Lacepède, 1803; Poecilophis catenatus (Bloch, 1795);

Echidna catenata, commonly known as the chain moray, is a moray eel found in shallow parts of the western Atlantic Ocean and from islands elsewhere in the Atlantic. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a maximum length of 165 cm (65 in) but a more common length is about 40 cm (16 in).

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