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Barred 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. polyzona
Binomial name
Echidna polyzona (J. Richardson, 1845)
Synonyms
Muraena polyzona Richardson, 1845 Muraena fascigula Peters, 1855 Echidna fascigula (Peters, 1855) Poecilophis pikei Bliss, 1883 Echidna leihala Jenkins, 1903

The barred moray (Echidna polyzona), also known as the banded moray, the dark-banded eel, the girdled moray, the girdled reef eel, the many banded moray eel, the ringed moray, the ringed reef moray, the striped moray and the zebra eel,) is a moray eel of the family Muraenidae. It was described by John Richardson in 1845, originally under the genus Muraena. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific, including the Red Sea, East Africa, the Hawaiian Islands, the Marquesan Islands, the Tuamotus Islands, the Ryukyu Islands, and the Great Barrier Reef. It dwells at a depth range of 2 to 20 metres (6.6 to 65.6 ft), and leads a benthic lifestyle in reefs and shallow lagoons. Males can reach a maximum total length of 72.3 centimetres (28.5 in). It is sometimes confused with the Zebra moray (Gymnomuraena).

The barred moray's diet consists of shrimp such as Saron marmoratus, crabs, isopods, and polychaetes, which it feeds on during both day and night. It is of commercial interest to both subsistence fisheries and the aquarium trade.

References

1. Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J.; Tighe, K. (2019). "Echidna polyzona". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T166929A1153330. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T166929A1153330.en. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
2. Synonyms of Echidna polyzona st www.fishbase.org.
3. Common names of Echidna polyzona at www.fishbase.org.
4. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Echidna polyzona". FishBase. June 2006 version.
5. Food items reported for Echidna polyzona at www.fishbase.org.
6. "Food and Feeding Habits Summary - Echidna polyzona". FishBase.org. Retrieved 22 September 2017.

External links

• Photos of Barred moray on Sealife Collection

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