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Short-tailed Snakemoray
Scuticaria okinawae
Scuticaria okinawae is a moray eel found in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It is commonly known as the shorttailed snake moray, shorttail moray, Seale's moray eel, or the Bennett's moray.
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Description
The shorttail moray is uniform gray, brown, or purplish-brown in color, having a slender body with a blunt head and small eyes, and attains a length of up to 90.5 centimetres (35.6 in) SL. This species is identified by its noticeably short tail, with the anus at 2⁄3 TL. The shorttail moray is believed to be nocturnal, as there is no certainty in its sleep cycle. This species of moray has been rarely sighted, and not much is known regarding its life.
Range & habitat
The shorttail moray can be found in the tropical Indo-Pacific region, including Japan, Hawaii, etc, as well as Indonesia, the Philippines, South Africa, etc. It is usually found hiding in coral reefs and rocks.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 123527.