Enchelycore bikiniensis

(Enchelycore bikiniensis)

Description

Enchelycore bikiniensis is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific Ocean. It was first named by Leonard Schultz in 1953, and is commonly known as the Bikini Atoll moray or the Bikini moray.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum:

Class: Actinopterygii

Order:Anguilliformes

Family:Muraenidae

Genus:Enchelycore

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