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Seychelles moray
Anarchias seychellensis
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Seychelles moray
- Scientific
- Anarchias seychellensis
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Eels
- Family
- Muraenidae (moray eels)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 29 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 0 to 35 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2011
Description
A small moray, brown with a row of irregular pale spots, reaching about 29 cm. It lives in rubble and coral heads on shallow, wave-washed reefs and in tide pools.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Anarchias-seychellensis.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:TakamayuUBf.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.