Dwarf moray

Gymnothorax melatremus

Ray beneath Indo Pacific

Tropical
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Africa
Anguilliform
Medium
Tropical fish

Gymnothorax melatremus, the blackspot moray, dirty yellow moray or dwarf moray, is a moray eel from the Indo-Pacific East Africa to the Marquesas and Mangaréva, north to the Hawaiian Islands, south to the Australs islands. It rarely makes its way into the aquarium trade.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Gymnothorax
Maximum length: 30 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: East Africa to the Marquesas and Mangaréva, north to the Hawaiian Islands, south to the Australs.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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