Reticulated Hookjaw Moray
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The reticulated hookjaw moray keeps opening and closing its mouth to breathe.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Reticulated Hookjaw Moray
- Scientific name
- Enchelycore lichenosa
- Japanese name
- コケウツボ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Anguilliformes
- Family
- Muraenidae
- Genus
- Enchelycore
Where the name “Reticulated Hookjaw Moray” comes from
The genus name Enchelycore comes from Greek words for eel and pupil of the eye.
FishBaseIt lives along the Pacific coast of southern Japan, around the Izu and Ogasawara Islands and Taiwan, and in the Galápagos Islands.
How the Reticulated Hookjaw Moray lives
It lives in rocky areas, among boulders and along rock walls. It lurks in holes, crevices and dark recesses.
FishBaseBasic data
- Range
- The Pacific coast of southern Japan as far as Kochi, the Izu and Ogasawara Islands, Taiwan, and the Galapagos Islands
Where the Reticulated Hookjaw Moray has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- コケウツボ
- 简体中文
- 苔斑勾吻鯙
- 繁體中文
- 苔斑勾吻鯙
- 한국어
- 그물무늬곰치
- Español
- Morena reticulada
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — コケウツボChecked: 2026-11-04
- FishBase — Enchelycore lichenosa, Reticulate hookjaw morayChecked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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