Kidako moray

Taxobox
name = Kidako moray


image_width = 250px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Anguilliformes
familia = Muraenidae
genus = "Gymnothorax"
species = "G. kidako"
binomial = "Gymnothorax kidako"
binomial_authority = Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 cite web | work=Integrated Taxonomic Information System Database| title=Gymnothorax kidako | url=http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=161216 | accessdate=6 November | accessyear=2006]

The Kidako moray, "Gymnothorax kidako", is a type of Moray eel native to the Northwestern Pacific Ocean, specifically the ocean regions around Taiwan, parts of the Philippines, and southern Japan. cite web | work=fishbase.org | title=Gymnothorax kidako | url=http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=10143 | accessdate=6 November | accessyear=2006] The kidako moray is usually dark-yellow with a spreading, treelike brown pattern and has been known to reach a maximum size of between 80cm (2 ft 7 in) and 91.5cm (3 ft). cite web | work=World Widlife Federation | title=Gymnothorax kidako | url=http://www.wwf.org.hk/chi/pdf/conservation/wl_trade/idm_popularfish/idm16_G_kidako.pdf | accessdate=6 November | accessyear=2006] It usually resides in crevices in shallow reefs. Sometimes the kidako moray is used for a food source in Japan and as a result it is included in some minor commercial fisheries in Japan.

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*FishBase_species|genus=Gymnothorax|species=kidako|year=2005|month=10