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green moray (Gymnothorax funebris)
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Muraenidae

green moray

Gymnothorax funebris

Two point five meters long

  • Green
  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • North America
  • South America
  • Anguilliform
  • Large
  • Tropical fish

The green moray (Gymnothorax funebris) is a moray eel of the family Muraenidae, found in the western Atlantic Ocean from Long Island, New York, Bermuda, and the northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil, at depths down to 40 metres (130 ft). With a length up to 2.5 metres (8.2 ft), it is the largest moray species of the tropical Atlantic and one of the largest species of moray eel known. The common name "green moray" is also sometimes used to refer to the yellow moray, G. prasinus.

Maximum length
250 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
anguilliform
Distribution
Western Atlantic: New Jersey (USA), Bermuda, and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil. Recorded once from Nova Scotia, Canada. Eastern Atlantic and eastern Pacific (Ref. 26340 ).
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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