Dragon moray
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The dragon moray has curved jaws that cannot close completely.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Dragon moray
- Scientific name
- Enchelycore pardalis
- Japanese name
- トラウツボ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Order
- Anguilliformes
- Family
- Muraenidae
- Genus
- Enchelycore
It is also listed under the scientific name Muraena pardalis.
It lives from Japan's Pacific coast across wide areas of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
How the Dragon moray lives
It is active at night. Its tubular nostrils are thought to help locate the source of smells as it hunts for prey. It grasps prey such as fish and octopuses with sharp, fang-like teeth. It lives on outer reefs, mostly around oceanic islands.
Museums VictoriaWaikīkī AquariumWhere the Dragon 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
- トラウツボ
- 简体中文
- 豹纹泽鳝
- 繁體中文
- 豹紋勾吻鯙
- 한국어
- 알락곰치
- Español
- Morena Dragón
- Français
- Murène-dragon
- Deutsch
- Drachenmuräne
- Português (Brasil)
- Moreia-dragão-do-Pacífico
- Italiano
- Murena dragone
- العربية
- Musaf taneem
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Armang naga
- Русский
- Пятнистая мурена
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 — トラウツボChecked: 2026-11-04
- Waikīkī Aquarium — Dragon MorayChecked: 2026-11-07
- Museums Victoria — Dragon Moray Eel, Enchelycore pardalisChecked: 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.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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