''Scuticaria'' is a
genus
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of
moray eel
Moray eels, or Muraenidae (), are a family of eels whose members are found worldwide. There are approximately 200 species in 15 genera which are almost exclusively marine, but several species are regularly seen in brackish water, and a few are f ...
in the family
Muraenidae
Moray eels, or Muraenidae (), are a family of eels whose members are found worldwide. There are approximately 200 species in 15 genera which are almost exclusively marine, but several species are regularly seen in brackish water, and a few are f ...
.
Species
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Scuticaria okinawae
''Scuticaria okinawae'' is a moray eel found in the Pacific and Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north ...
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( D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901) (Shorttailed snake moray)
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Scuticaria tigrina
''Scuticaria tigrina'' is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asi ...
''
(Lesson
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, 1828) (Tiger reef-eel)
References
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Muraenidae
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