Slender giant moray

Slender giant moray

Taxobox
name = Slender giant moray


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Anguilliformes
familia = Muraenidae
genus = "Strophidon"
species = "sathete"
binomial = "Strophidon sathete"
binomial_authority = (Hamilton, 1822)

The slender giant moray or gangetic moray, "Strophidon sathete", is the largest member of the family of moray eels. Specimen as large as 4 m have been recorded. This species is characterized by an elongated body, as well as brownish-grey dorsal coloration which pales towards the venter.

Distribution and habitat

The slender giant moray is found in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean, as well as from the Red Sea and East Africa to the western Pacific. It generally lives in the benthic muddy environments of marine and estuarine areas, including inner bays and rivers.

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