
Spotted Moray
Gymnothorax moringa
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,493
- Most observed in
- 🇧🇶 Caribbean Netherlands
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The spotted moray (Gymnothorax moringa) is a medium to large moray eel. Other common names include conger, spotted eel, red moray, speckled moray, white cong, white jawed moray, white-chinned moray and white-jawed moray eel. Spotted eels have a long snake-like body, white or pale yellow in general with small overlapping reddish brown to dark-brown spots.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Spotted moray”.