Mosaic Eel

Enchelycore ramosa

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth8–32 m
Water temperature18–23 °C
Best monthsJanuary, February, and April
How commonRare

Photo credit: (c) Luca Davenport-Thomas, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

The mosaic moray is a moray eel of the genus Enchelycore, found in south-eastern Australia and around the offshore islands off Northland on the North Island of New Zealand at depths down to 100 metres, in reef areas of broken rock. Their length is between 40 and 180 centimetres, making them the largest known member of their genus.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Mosaic moray”, 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: 22 records
February: 23 records
March: 12 records
April: 18 records
May: 17 records
June: 2 records
July: 3 records
August: 0 records
September: 3 records
October: 4 records
November: 12 records
December: 6 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 8–32 m · Deepest record: 106 m

0–10 m: 6 records
10–20 m: 11 records
20–30 m: 9 records
30–40 m: 2 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 18–23 °C

16–18 °C: 12 records
18–20 °C: 5 records
20–22 °C: 22 records
22–24 °C: 4 records

Photos

(c) apteryx54, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) jeyre, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
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(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) jeyre, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Thomas Linley, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Mosaic Eel, Mosaic Moray

Other scientific names: Enchelicore ramosus, Enchelycore mosaica, Enchelycore ramosus, Fimbrinares mosaica, Gymnothorax ramosus

Similar species

Reticulated Hookjaw Moray
Enchelycore lichenosa
Dragon Eel
Enchelycore pardalis
Bentjaw Moray
Enchelycore schismatorhynchus
Bayer's Moray
Enchelycore bayeri
Bikini Atoll Moray
Enchelycore bikiniensis
Snowflake moray
Echidna nebulosa

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).
77 open-data records from 1929 to 2015.
Species data updated November 2, 2026.

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