blackedge moray

Gymnothorax nigromarginatus

Ninety Nine Centimeters Ray of Mexican Waters

Black
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
North America
Anguilliform
Large
Tropical fish

The blackedge moray eel (Gymnothorax nigromarginatus) is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the western Atlantic Ocean. It was first named by Charles Frédéric Girard in 1858.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Gymnothorax
Maximum length: 99 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Western Atlantic: southern Florida to Texas and Yucatan in Mexico, but most common west of Mississippi River Delta.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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