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turkey moray (Gymnothorax meleagris)
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turkey moray (Gymnothorax meleagris) specimen
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Muraenidae

turkey moray

Gymnothorax meleagris

Ray from the Hawaiian Islands

  • Tropical
  • Transcontinental
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • Anguilliform
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Large
  • Tropical fish

turkey moray is known from Indo-Pacific as a fish. Records give a maximum length of 120 cm.

Maximum length
120 cm
Body shape
anguilliform
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: East Africa (Ref. 33390 ) to Marquesas and Mangaréva, north to the Ryukyu and Hawaiian islands, south to Lord Howe Island. Southeast Atlantic: South Africa.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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