Echidna delicatula, the mottled moray, also known as the fine-speckled moray,Common names for Echidna delicatula at www.fishbase.org. is a moray eel (family Muraenidae).Echidna delicatula at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Johann Jakob Kaup in 1856, originally under the genus Poecilophis.Kaup, J. J., 1856 [ref. 2572] Uebersicht der Aale. Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 22 (no. 1): 41-77. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific, including Sri Lanka, Samoa, and Japan. It inhabits coral reefs. It can reach a maximum total length of .
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