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Created 4/13/2020

Family Muraenidae

TROPICAL ATLANTIC

Echidna catenata



Jardines de la Reina, Cuba, 8 feet
   

CHAIN MORAY

Common on shallow reefs and rocky shores.  Has molar-like teeth for eating crabs, which may be attacked above the waterline at low tide.  Attains 65 inches.  Bermuda, Florida to Brazil; Cape Verde and Ascension Island.