Reticulate hookjaw moray | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Muraenidae |
Genus: | Enchelycore |
Species: | E. lichenosa
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Binomial name | |
Enchelycore lichenosa (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
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Enchelycore lichenosa is a moray eel found in coral reefs around Taiwan, southern Japan, and the Galapagos Islands.[2] It was first named by Jordan and Snyder in 1901,[2] and is commonly known as the reticulate hookjaw moray.[3] To respirate, the eel constantly opens and closes its mouth.[2]