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Fangtooth Moray
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Information
Common Name Tiger Moray
Range Eastern Atlantic Ocean, including the Canary Islands and Madeira.
Scientific Classification
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Anguilliformes
Family Muraenidae
Genus Enchelycore
Species E. anatina

The Fangtooth moray, or Tiger Moray, (Enchelycore anatina), is a moray eel of the family Muraenidae found throughout the eastern Atlantic Ocean, including the Canary Islands and Madeira.

The Fangtooth Moray is distinctive for its bright yellow colouring and elongated jaw, which is filled with a large number of long "glasslike" teeth. It can reach up to 120 cm in length.

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