Sagami moray

📖 Overview

Sagami moray (Echidna sagamiensis), first described by Fujita, Oomori, Senou & Wada, 2026 is a medium-sized fish in the family Muraenidae (order Anguilliformes). Adults typically reach 38.50 cm in maximum length. It inhabits marine coastal and open-ocean environments. It occurs in Subtropical waters. It feeds on a mix of small fish and invertebrates as a mid-level predator.

🔬 Taxonomy

🐟 Physical Description

Vertebrae: 128 - 134. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: small-sized moray eel (232.2-385.0 mm TL); anus situated slightly anterior to mid-body (preanus length 43.1-49.3% of TL); snout short, blunt (snout length 15.3-20.9% of HL); single branchial pore (rarely two or three) located below and posterior to dorsal fin origin; both jaws with many conical, and few molar-like conical teeth, without long canines; peripheral series of intermaxillary teeth uniserial, sometimes intermediate intermaxillary teeth were present; median series of intermaxillary teeth uniserial or absent; vomerine teeth uniserial or biserial, larger than maxillary teeth; maxillary teeth without serrations; body pale brown, entirely covered with numerous yellowish-white to yellowish-brown spots, except on snout; eye with fine dark margin; posterior dorsal and anal fins slightly yellowish-green; predorsal vertebrae 3-6 (mode 4), preanal vertebrae 52-54 (53), total vertebrae 128-134 (131) .: eel-like.

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for Sagami moray is currently being reviewed.

🦐 Diet

🥚 Reproduction

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Marine; demersal. Subtropical Northwest Pacific: Japan.

🌿 Ecology

📐 Morphometrics

🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

🐠 Related Species

🔍 Similar Species

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