Fimbriated moray

Fimbriated moray

Taxobox
name = Fimbriated moray



regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Anguilliformes
familia = Muraenidae
genus = "Gymnothorax"
species = "G. fimbriatus"
binomial = "Gymnothorax fimbriatus"
binomial_authority = (Bennett, 1832)

The fimbriated moray, "Gymnothorax fimbriatus", is a moray eel of the family Muraenidae, found in the Indo-Pacific oceans, around reefs, harbours and small caves, at depths down to 45 meters.

It is pale green-yellow in color with black spots on its face and can reach a max length of 80 cm.

It feeds mainly on fish and crustaceans.

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