Pale Moray
Echidna unicolor
- Usual depth1–20 m
- Water temperature25–30 °C
- Best monthsMay, June, and October
- How commonRare
About this species
Echidna unicolor is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It was first named by Schultz in 1953, and is commonly known as the unicolor moray or the pale moray. It is usually completely tan or light brown in color, aside from a dark ring around each eye.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Echidna unicolor”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 2 records
- February: 2 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 1 records
- May: 7 records
- June: 8 records
- July: 4 records
- August: 7 records
- September: 5 records
- October: 8 records
- November: 4 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–20 m · Deepest record: 28.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 25–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Pale Moray, Unicolor Moray
Similar species
Snowflake morayEchidna nebulosa
Barred morayEchidna polyzona
Fine-speckled MorayEchidna delicatula
- Sulawesi moray
Echidna amblyodon
- Whiteface moray
Echidna leucotaenia
- Freshwater Moray
Echidna rhodochilus
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 82 open-data records from 1951 to 2015.
- Species data updated November 2, 2026.
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