What Animal Lives Where

Where has the chestnut moray been recorded?

Enchelycore carychroa occurrence evidence comes from 1,504 records in 22 countries and territories, from 1918 to 2023. Most records come from United States.

AnguilliformesMuraenidaeEnchelycore

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

1,504 records across 22 countries and territories, 1918–2023.

Enchelycore carychroa · GBIF taxon key 2404185

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: August.

6 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: August. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19182023

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where chestnut moray has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for chestnut moray. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
United States 850
Puerto Rico 446
Belize 62
US Virgin Islands 29
Curaçao 27
Trinidad & Tobago 20
Bahamas 18
ZZ 16
Honduras 9
Brazil 7
Mexico 3
Turks and Caicos Islands 3
Barbados 2
Colombia 2
Jamaica 2
Panama 2
Antigua & Barbuda 1
Costa Rica 1
Cuba 1
Haiti 1
Nicaragua 1
United States Minor Outlying Islands 1

Related animals

Others in the family Muraenidae.

Giant Moray
Giant Moray
422 records
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.