Anarchias galapagensis
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Anarchias galapagensis is a moray eel
Moray eel
Moray eels are cosmopolitan eels of the family Muraenidae. The approximately 200 species in 15 genera are almost exclusively marine, but several species are regularly seen in brackish water and a few, for example the freshwater moray can sometimes be found in freshwater...
commonly known as the Minute moray or the Hardtail moray. It was first named by Seale in 1940, and is found in coral reefs from the Gulf of California
Gulf of California
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to Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
. At a maximum length of 14 cm, it is regarded as one of the smallest morays worldwide.