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Y-bar moray (Gymnothorax ypsilon)
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Y-bar moray (Gymnothorax ypsilon) specimen
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Muraenidae

Y-bar moray

Gymnothorax ypsilon

Eighty Nine Centimeters Ray

  • Brown
  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • East Asia
  • Anguilliform
  • Large
  • Tropical fish

The Y-bar moray, Gymnothorax ypsilon, is a deep-water moray eel found in the Pacific Ocean at depths to 185 m.

Maximum length
89 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
anguilliform
Distribution
Pacific Ocean: southern Japan and the Hawaiian Islands.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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