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Diaphenchelys
The Mud-dwelling moray, Diaphenchelys pelonates, is an eel of the family Muraenidae, and the only species in the genus Diaphenchelys. It was described by John E. McCosker and John Ernest Randall in 2007. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from Indonesia, in the western Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 15 to 32 metres (49 to 105 ft), and inhabits muddy bottoms, from which its species epithet, "pelonates" (translating literally as...
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species
Dalmatian Moray
speciesDiaphenchelys dalmatian
Diaphenchelys laimospila
speciesDiaphenchelys laimospila
Mud-dwelling Moray
speciesDiaphenchelys pelonates
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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 87917.