white-edged moray

Gymnothorax verrilli

Forty Three Centimeters Ray

White
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
Central America and the Caribbean
Anguilliform
Medium
Tropical fish

The white-edged moray (Gymnothorax verrilli) is a moray eel found in the eastern central Pacific Ocean, from Panama to Baja California. It lives on shallow-water sandy and muddy bottoms, and can grow to 43 cm (17 in) length.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Muraenidae
Genus: Gymnothorax
Maximum length: 43 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Eastern Central Pacific: southern Baja California to Panama.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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