drab moray

Gymnothorax monochrous

Ray of African Waters

Tropical
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
Africa
Oceania
Anguilliform
Large
Tropical fish

The drab moray (Gymnothorax monochrous) is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It was first named by Pieter Bleeker in 1856, and is also commonly known as the brown moray, monochrome moray, monotone moray, or plain moray eel.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Gymnothorax
Maximum length: 80 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa to the Marshall Islands, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to Australia. Likely to occur in Seychelles (Ref. 1623 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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