Caribbean chestnut moray

The Caribbean chestnut moray, Enchelycore carychroa, is a moray eel of the family Muraenidae.

Caribbean chestnut moray
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Muraenidae
Genus:	Enchelycore
Species:	E. carychroa
Binomial name
Enchelycore carychroa J. E. Böhlke & E. B. Böhlke, 1976

It is found in the western Atlantic from Bermuda, southern Florida, the Bahamas, and the western Gulf of Mexico to Brazil at depths between 1 and 20 m.

Their length is up to 34 cm, or just over 1 ft, making them the smallest members of their genus and among the smaller morays.^[2]

The Caribbean chestnut moray inhabits coral and rocky reefs.