goldentail moray

Gymnothorax miliaris

Sometimes hunting beside other predators by day

goldentail moray is known from Western Atlantic as a marine fish. It occurs in reef habitat.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Gymnothorax
Maximum length: 70 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bermuda and southern Florida, USA to the Antilles (Ref. 26340 ) and southeast Brazil (Ref. 42064 ). Eastern Atlantic: St. Paul's Rocks (Ref. 13121 ), Cape Verde, Ascension and St. Helena islands (Ref. 4450 ). Also mid-Atlantic islands (Ref. 26938 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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