Manyband moray

Gymnothorax mccoskeri

Ray from the Indian Ocean

Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Oceania
Anguilliform
Medium
Tropical fish

Gymnothorax mccoskeri is a moray eel found in the western Pacific and the eastern Indian Ocean. It was first named by Smith and Böhlke in 1997, and is commonly known as the McCosker's moray, many-banded moray-eel, or the manyband moray.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Gymnothorax
Maximum length: 31.6 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean and Western Pacific: Western Australia and northeastern Queensland.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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