Y-patterned moray

Gymnothorax berndti

Y shaped marks on sides

Regional distribution
Marine fish
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Africa
East Asia
Oceania
South Asia
Anguilliform
Large

The y-patterned moray, y-patterned moray eel, or Berndt's moray (Gymnothorax berndti) is a deep-water moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and western Indian Oceans at depths to 300 m. It was described by John Otterbein Snyder in 1904. Gymnothorax berndti can grow to 100 cm (39 in) total length.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Gymnothorax
Maximum length: 100 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: Maldives (Ref. 11303 ) and Mauritius (Ref. 58078 ). Pacific Ocean: Taiwan to New Zealand, east to Hawaii.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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