Freshwater moray

Gymnothorax polyuranodon

One Hundred Fifty Centimeters Ray of Indo Pacific

Tropical
Transcontinental
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Oceania
South Asia
Southeast Asia
Anguilliform
Large
Tropical fish

Gymnothorax polyuranodon, commonly known as the freshwater moray, is a species of moray eel that is native to the Indo-Pacific region, including Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the northern coastline of Australia, and various islands in the western Pacific. Other common names include the many-toothed moray, spotted freshwater moray, blackspotted moray, freshwater leopard moray, and freshwater tiger moray.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Gymnothorax
Maximum length: 150 cm
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Borneo, New Guinea, Philippines and Fiji. Reported from Palau (Ref. 6371 ), Australia (Ref. 7300 ), New Caledonia (Ref. 13246 , 13235 ) and Vanuatu (Ref. 87781 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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