| Echidna leucotaenia | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Muraenidae |
| Genus: | Echidna |
| Species: | E. leucotaenia |
| Binomial name | |
| Echidna leucotaenia L. P. Schultz, 1943 | |
Echidna leucotaenia, the whiteface moray, also known as the white-banded moray eel, is a moray eel (family Muraenidae). It was described by Schultz in 1943. 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).
The whiteface moray's diet consists primarily of crabs.
References
- Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Echidna leucotaeni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T195682A2401716.
- Common names for Echidna leucotaenia Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Echidna leucotaenia Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine at www.fishbase.org.
- Schultz, L. P., 1943 (20 Jan.) Fishes of the Phoenix and Samoan Islands collected in 1939 during the expedition of the U. S. S. "Bushnell.". Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 180: i-x + 1-316, Pls. 1-9.
- Food items reported for Echidna leucotaenia Archived 2014-09-03 at the Wayback Machine at www.fishbase.org.
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