Green moray

Green moray

:"Green moray (eel)" is also sometimes used for the yellow moray, "G. prasinus.Taxobox
name = Green moray


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Anguilliformes
familia = Muraenidae
genus = "Gymnothorax"
species = "G. funebris"
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range_map_caption=
binomial = "Gymnothorax funebris"
binomial_authority = Ranzani, 1840

The green moray, "Gymnothorax funebris", is a moray eel of the family Muraenidae, found in the western Atlantic from New Jersey, Bermuda, and the northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil, at depths down to 40 m. Its length is up to 2.5 m. The green moray is uniformly dark green to brown. It is a benthic and solitary species occurring along rocky shorelines, reefs, and mangroves, usually found shallower than 30 m. Due to its large size and aggressiveness, the bites of this moray are particularly dangerous. It feeds mainly at night on fish and crustaceans.

It is marketed fresh and salted, although large individuals are cigua-toxic.

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