Enchelycore ramosa

Mosaic moray | Mosaic Eel | Echelycore ramosus
Enchelycore ramosa
Enchelycore ramosa, Jervis Bay, New South Wales, Australia, Photo: Andrew Green
Enchelycore ramosa
Enchelycore ramosa, adult, Lord Howe Island, Australia, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Enchelycore ramosa
Enchelycore ramosa, Lorde Howe Is, NSW, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Enchelycore ramosa
Enchelycore ramosa, Port Stephens, New South Wales, Australia, Photo: Tom Davis
Enchelycore ramosa
Enchelycore ramosa, Lord Howe Island, Australia, Photo: Tom Davis
Enchelycore ramosa
Enchelycore ramosa, Lorde Howe Is, NSW, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Enchelycore ramosa
Enchelycore ramosa, Jervis Bay, New South Wales, Australia, Photo: Andrew Green
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Enchelycore ramosa
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Enchelycore ramosa
Enchelycore ramosa

Distribution

Temperate Australasia, Temperate South America


Description

Yellow/cream body with darker mosaic pattern over back. Upturned, knobby lower jaw, and prominent long, pointed teeth.


Information

Max Size: 150 cm

Sea Temperature Range: 17.4-26°C

Depth: 1-20m

Habitat Generalization Index: 1.35

Also referred to as the SGI (Species Generalisation Index), this describes the habitat niche breadth of the species. Species with values less than 15 are found in a relatively narrow range of reef habitat types (specialists), while those over 25 may be found on most hard substrates within their range (generalists). Learn more here.


Conservation and Rarity

IUCN Status: Not Evaluated

Occurrence: Frequent (10.5% of sites)

Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution. It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed

Abundance: Solitary (1 per transect)

Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.


Edit by: extract from RD Stuart-Smith, GJ Edgar, AJ Green, IV Shaw. 2015. Tropical Marine Fishes of Australia. Reed New Holland