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banded moray (Gymnothorax rueppelliae)
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banded moray (Gymnothorax rueppelliae) specimen
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Muraenidae

banded moray

Gymnothorax rueppelliae

Dark bars fade as fish grow

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

banded moray is a fish of Indo-Pacific. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 80 cm. Its body is an eel-like body.

Maximum length
80 cm
Body shape
anguilliform
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa (south to Bazaruto Island, Mozambique, Ref. 33390 ) to the Hawaiian, Tuamoto, and Marquesan islands, north to the Ryukyus, south to the southern Great Barrier Reef.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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