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Shao's moray (Gymnothorax shaoi)
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Muraenidae

Shao's moray

Gymnothorax shaoi

Ray in Northwest Pacific

  • Temperate
  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • East Asia
  • Anguilliform
  • Large
  • Temperate fish

Gymnothorax shaoi, or Shao's moray eel, is an eel in the family Muraenidae (moray eels). It is a marine, temperate-water eel known from Taiwan, in the northwest Pacific Ocean. Males are known to reach a maximum total length of 60.8 cm.

Water type
Marine
Body shape
anguilliform
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