Black Body Moray

Gymnothorax melanosomatus

Black
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
East Asia
Anguilliform
Medium
Tropical fish

The black body moray (Gymnothorax melanosomatus) is an eel in the family Muraenidae (moray eels). It was described by Loh Kar-Hoe, Shao Kwang-Tsao, and Chen Hong-Ming in 2011. It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from southeastern Taiwan, off Changbin, Taitung to Shihtiping, Hualien City and in the Pacific Ocean.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Gymnothorax
Water type: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform