Brown spotted moray

Gymnothorax fuscomaculatus

Twenty Centimeters Ray from Australian Waters

Brown
Tropical
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Africa
Oceania
Southeast Asia
Anguilliform
Medium
Tropical fish

The brown-spotted moray (Gymnothorax fuscomaculatus) is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It was first named by Schultz in 1953 and is also commonly known as the freckled moray.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Gymnothorax
Maximum length: 20 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: East Africa to Tuamoto Islands and Fiji (Ref 001602); Philippines, south to Australia (Ref 90102).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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