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Laced moray

Characteristics

  • Usually occur singly.
  • Feeds on cephalopods and fishes.
  • Large individuals may be aggressive.

Description

  • Body white to yellowish with numerous rounded or polygonal black spots.
  • Similar looking Gymnothorax isingteena possesses black spots which sometimes join to form circular patterns.
  • The number of spots increases with growth while spot size decreases with growth.

Common Name: Honeycomb moray, Laced moray

Family Common Name: Moray Eels

Family: Muraenidae

Scientific Name: Gymnothorax favagineus___(Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Genus: Gymnothorax

Maximum Length: 300 cm (Total Length)

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未評估
Not Evaluated (ne)
數據缺乏
Data Deficient (dd)
無危
Least Concern (lc)
近危
Near Threatened (nt)
易危
Vulnerable (vu)
瀕危
Endangered (en)
極危
Critically Endangered (cr)
絕滅
Extinct (ex)
Laced moray

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