Banded mud moray

Gymnothorax chlamydatus

Sixty Centimeters Ray from Taiwanese Waters

Black
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
East Asia
Southeast Asia
Anguilliform
Large
Tropical fish

The banded mud moray (Gymnothorax chlamydatus) is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the western Pacific Ocean (Taiwan and Indonesia). It was first named by Snyder in 1908, because of dark bands along its body.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Gymnothorax
Maximum length: 60 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Western Pacific: Ryukyu Islands, the Philippines, and Indonesia (Ref. 27470 ); Taiwan (Ref. 6934 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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